How to Use geostationary in a Sentence

geostationary

adjective
  • The geostationary ring is home to some of the largest and most expensive satellites.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 3 June 2025
  • If all this goes well, the ultimate goal is a world-spanning ring of satellites in geostationary orbits.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The three-ton satellite will be delivered to a geostationary transfer orbit.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Its payloads are two satellites headed for geostationary orbit.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
  • In remote parts of the world, like where Wyler was, internet connections often have to come to the ground from geostationary satellites.
    — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2018
  • And the federal agency will also release images of the eclipse from its other geostationary satellites.
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 17 Aug. 2017
  • In geostationary orbit, for example, there are only so many slots available for satellites in the ring around the Earth’s equator.
    — Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
  • When the satellite reaches apogee, the spacecraft fires its engines to raise the perigee and make the orbit circular at geostationary altitude.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Currently there are about 575 satellites in geostationary orbit, marking their steady daily path around the world.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The screen then displayed a window, directing me to point the Samsung phone at a geostationary satellite above, likely thousands of miles away.
    — PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Once its parachute is deployed, Draco would connect to a geostationary satellite, outputting its data.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • At its closest approach, asteroid Apophis will closer to Earth than the ring of geostationary satellites over the equator.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 July 2024
  • The booster can lift up to 14 tons to geostationary transfer orbit and is critical to China's exploration plans over the next decade.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Advertisement Since all geostationary satellites are in the same orbit, there are a limited number of slots available for each of them to fly safely.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the second stage appeared to be well on its way to delivering the Koreasat-5A to its geostationary orbit.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Adaptive optics can be used to track and take images of satellites and debris in low-Earth orbit and to improve the tracking of objects in low, medium and geostationary orbits.
    — Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The rocket is designed to carry payload of up to 13 metric tons to geostationary orbit and 45 metric tons to low Earth orbit.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Several experts Ars spoke to noted that the market for the launch of large satellites to low-Earth and geostationary orbit has remained fairly static.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 May 2018
  • The satellite weighs slightly more than six metric tons, which is about half a ton heavier than any Falcon 9 payload bound for geostationary orbit that the company has tried to land before.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Those in geostationary orbit are too far from the Earth to deorbit and have to be placed in a special orbit that lies away from common operational orbits, known as the graveyard orbit.
    — Mihir Tripathy, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The team’s three-year investigation found that roughly half of all geostationary satellite signals are left vulnerable to eavesdropping.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • And right now, only SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy can deliver those big satellites to geostationary orbits.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2023
  • And, finally, geostationary orbit (GEO) holds the high ground at more than 22,300.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
  • That's higher than geostationary orbit, which lies 22,236 miles (35,786 km) above Earth.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The rectennas would receive microwave beams transmitted from satellites in geostationary orbit and convert them directly into grid-ready electricity.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Blue Ring is designed to operate anywhere from low Earth and geostationary orbits to cislunar space, Mars and other deep-space destinations.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • While geostationary satellites are winning in terms of distance, Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) is winning in terms of raw power.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Wi-Fi that relies on low-earth orbit satellites, like Starlink, tend to offer lower latency thanks to the shorter distance the signal has to travel as compared to satellites in geostationary orbit.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 26 May 2026
  • Starlink is a constellation of satellites that orbits Earth at around 340 miles, which is much closer than other geostationary satellites, according to the company’s website.
    — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
  • Two objects have passed dangerously close to some of Europe’s most important geostationary satellites, the Financial Times reported, and lingered nearby for weeks.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026

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