Five geosynchronous satellites enable IMS facilities and states parties around the world to exchange data via their local VSAT Earth stations. |
Transfer Orbit is defined as a set of intermediate orbits with the goal of achieving a geosynchronous orbit for the satellite. |
There, the rockets will link up, creating an 80-ton spacecraft that will ascend to 22,000 miles and lock into geosynchronous orbit. |
They used the thrusters, over several months, to nudge the satellite into a geosynchronous Earth orbit. |
Up to a dozen geosynchronous satellites go out of service every year, and there are now several hundred derelicts in the disposal orbit. |
While HAPs are unproven, Internet traffic is traveling over geosynchronous satellite links today. |