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Meanwhile, God saw that the absence of Mondas from its geo-synchronous orbit with Earth Prime-Time would play hob with the tidal system of Toobworld.
Archive 2009-06-14 Toby O'B 2009
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Send the expensive components to low Earth orbit, assemble them in space, and launch to a higher geo-synchronous orbit using in-space resources fuel made from asteroids & comets.
Near-future Space Industries Stephen D. Covey 2008
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"The geo-synchronous satellite might not even notice we're looking out."
Freedoms Challenge McCaffrey, Anne 1998
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"What about the geo-synchronous satellite up there?"
Freedoms Challenge McCaffrey, Anne 1998
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"Four," Zainal replied, then added as an immense space station spun leisurely into view in its geo-synchronous orbit above Catten, "we do not want to dock there."
Freedoms Challenge McCaffrey, Anne 1998
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They had three and Zainal decided to use the one that would bring them in just "beyond" the range of the geo-synchronous, older one while the thirty-hour sat was on the other side of the Bubble.
Freedoms Challenge McCaffrey, Anne 1998
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Since many cable-television channels are distributed via geo-synchronous satellites, a single input to a satellite uplink facility can reach all of North America on an appropriate satellite and channel.
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Indian cryogenic engine to inject an advanced communication satellite in the geo-synchronous orbit has started at the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh, a
WN.com - Articles related to Indias smallest satellite set to take off in May 2010
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Indian cryogenic engine to inject an advanced communication satellite in the geo-synchronous orbit has started at the Sriharikota spaceport in
WN.com - Articles related to Indias smallest satellite set to take off in May 2010
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India's attempt to test flight the indigenous super-cooled cryogenic upper stage engine failed nearly eight minutes after the 416-tonne geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D3) deviated from the flight path at about 60 km and spun out of control to plunge into the Bay of Bengal along with the 2. 2-tonne GSAT-4 on board Thursday.
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