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geosynchronous

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ge·o·syn·chro·nous  (j-sngkr-ns, -sn-)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or being an orbit that has a period of one sidereal day.
2. Geostationary.
geo·synchro·nous·ly adv.
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Adj.1.geosynchronous - of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth)
fixed - securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor"
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Long Beach-based Sea Launch, which is developing a mobile, sea-platform for the launch of rockets, has successfully delivered a communications satellite to geosynchronous orbit.
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Governor Jerry Brown of California no longer wants us to lower our expectations but to raise them; into geosynchronous orbit, in fact.
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