geostationary orbitnoun [ C ]
uk/dʒiː.əʊˌsteɪ.ʃən.ər.i ˈɔː.bɪt/us/dʒiː.oʊˌsteɪ.ʃən.ər.i ˈɔːr.bɪt/specializedan orbit (= path travelled around an object in space) in which a satellite always remains over the same place on the earth's surface because it moves at the same speed as the earth turns
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