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Satellite vs Geostationary - What's the difference?

satellite | geostationary |

As a noun satellite

is a moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.

As an adjective geostationary is

at a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.

satellite

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
    • The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
    A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite .
  • A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
    • Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
  • A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
  • * , II.3:
    • We read in the Bible, that Nicanor'' the persecutor of Gods Law.
  • * 1826 , (Walter Scott), , p.348:
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  • * 1948 , Willard E. Hawkins, The Technique of Fiction: A Basic Course in Story Writing , p.169:
    • The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type of satellite —a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance.
  • (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.
    • Do you have satellite at your house?

    Derived terms

    * anti-satellite * fixed satellite * satellite assembly * satellite broadcasting * satellite campus * satellite cell * satellite dish * satellite DNA * satellite hit * satellite image * satellite link * satellite moth * satellite navigation * satellite navigation system * satellite operation * satellite phone * satellite planet * satellite station * satellite telephone * satellite television * satellite tenant * satellite town * space satellite * spy satellite

    Usage notes

    The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites' to distinguish them from ' natural satellites such as the Moon.

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    geostationary

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    Adjective

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  • At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.
  • * 1971: Thomas A. Croft, Measurement of a Solar Wind Plasma Stream which Endures Several Months But is Intermittent on a Time Scale of about One Day [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0JYtD7ICGTfuUvacezdWnn5&id=lzMFAAAAIAAJ&dq=geostationary+date:1500-1975&q=geostationary%20date:1500-1975&pgis=1]
    • The measurement is accomplished by observing the Faraday rotation angle of signals from geostationary satellites on a continuous basis.