Clarke in the early 50's. Aldous Huxley commented that the establishment of such devices would be a global calamity of major proportions. Now we can judge whether he was right or not. The idea of ...

A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day).

Here is the gravitational constastant, and is the mass of the earth. For a stable circular orbit, the centrifugal force, which is directed outward radially must balance the gravitational force, which ...

Small geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) satellites have been an increasingly discussed design trend in the industry, boasting the same regionalized scope as traditional GEO models at a price point ...

Abstract: The Radio Frequency Sensor (RFS), a new radio frequency lightning detector, was launched into geosynchronous orbit in December 2021, and first collected data in January 2022. RFS is a ...