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Loading contentCommunications and weather satellites that must stay fixed above one point on the equator, such as GOES, Meteosat, and Intelsat.
A circular orbit 35,786 km above the equator where a satellite's period matches Earth's rotation, so it appears fixed in the sky. The workhorse orbit for communications and weather monitoring.
Communications and weather satellites that must stay fixed above one point on the equator, such as GOES, Meteosat, and Intelsat.
4 satellites and constellations modelled in this orbit.
The first of NOAA's advanced GOES-R geostationary weather satellites, imaging the Western Hemisphere every few minutes for forecasting and storm tracking.
A Japanese geostationary weather satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency, providing high-frequency full-disk imaging of East Asia and the western Pacific.
The first commercial communications satellite in geostationary orbit, which began regular transatlantic telecommunications service in 1965.
EUMETSAT's geostationary weather satellites imaging Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic to support European weather forecasting.
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Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.