geosynchronous satellite
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This type of satellite is very useful in communications because it can remain in continuous contact with a site on the ground.
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But nothing short of total geosynchronous satellite failure can provide a satisfying explanation for why more people aren’t interested in watching a LeBron-led juggernaut lay waste to the Western Conference.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2019
A geosynchronous satellite monitored the supposed safe house.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 5, 2014
Stage 1: The science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke is often credited with inventing the idea of the geosynchronous satellite in his 1945 paper published in Wireless World magazine.
From Slate • Jan. 17, 2012
Even geosynchronous satellite communication is aimed down, parsimoniously covering only a portion of Earth’s surface.
From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2011
They owned and operated communi- cations companies, including their own geosynchronous satellite.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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