Geostationary Orbit

A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 kilometres (22,236 miles) above Earth's equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation. An object in such an orbit has an orbital period equal to the Earth's rotational period, one sidereal day, and so to ground observers it appears motionless, in a fixed position in the sky. The concept of a geostationary orbit was popularised by the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in the 1940s as a way to revolutionise telecommunications, and the first satellite to be placed in this kind …

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PMLQ: Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec · 24 August 2023 English

The firefighters and the unions that represent them, the Indigenous Peoples with millennia of experience with fire in the forest, the scientists who are speaking out about the reality of …

the MTG-I1 satellite, which operates in geostationary orbit at an altitude of 36,000 kilometres," explains


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 22 June 2023 English

The first one, the Outer Space Treaty While there are analogies to cyber sovereignty (OST), arose contemporaneously with and in tensions on Earth and also the Law of the Sea …

exchange, including orbital slots refer to the geostationary orbit (i.e., encryption, error detection and correction


RI: Rideau Institute · 11 February 2023 English

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that some states have been using slots in geostationary orbit for decades, resulting in the de facto exclusion appropriation. However, the use of slots in geostationary orbit is mediated by the ITU, which does not play interference has already occurred on occasion in geostationary orbit, when one satellite begins broadcasting on


Wilson Center Canada · 15 September 2021 English

for a shift in the relationship Yet, much of our focus on the national security implications of 5G between terrestrial and to date in the United States and abroad has …

and communicates satellites are in GSO. Geostationary Orbit (GEO), a form of GSO, satellites in GEO specifically


RI: Rideau Institute · 26 April 2021 English

The 1967 Treaty on Principles law.50 Through this provision, states must comply Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration with the standard international law thresholds on the and Use …

latter incident as weaponization is reach the geostationary orbit (GEO). While this test a flawed over-simplification Union Common Foreign and Security Policy GEO Geostationary orbit GGE Group of Governmental Experts HCOC Hague


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 21 May 2020 English

Our digital world is increasingly mobile. All mobile communication rests upon access to one invisible, essential element: the radio spectrum. In Frequencies, Gregory Taylor and Catherine Middleton bring together diverse …

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desLibris · 24 May 2018 English

By describing the space environment as “contested, congested and competitive”, the government recognizes that the number of satellites, actors and debris in space is growing; nation-states are testing and investing …

anti-satellite capability that approached the geostationary orbit (up to 30,000 km). It was asserted that a


desLibris · 23 May 2018 English

By describing the space environment as “contested, congested and competitive”, the government recognizes that the number of satellites, actors and debris in space is growing; nation-states are testing and investing …

anti-satellite capability that approached the geostationary orbit (up to 30,000 km). It was asserted that a


desLibris · 6 October 2017 English

'Consultation document intended to inform Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's (ISED) decisions with respect to its overall approach and planning activities related to the release of spectrum for commercial …

Internet of Things (IoT) 1 and small non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites, promise to increase innovation


desLibris · 6 October 2017 English

« En publiant le présent document, Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada (ISDE), au nom du ministre, lance un processus de consultation sur l’examen de la bande de 3 450 …

Internet of Things (IoT) 1 and small non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites, promise to increase innovation


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