SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The orbit, which Clarke first described as useful for broadcast and relay communications satellites, is sometimes called the Clarke Orbit. Similarly, the collection of artificial satellites in this orbit is known as the Clarke Belt.

Detailed explanation-2: -The idea of a geosynchronous orbit for communications spacecraft was first popularised by science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke in 1945, so it is sometimes called the Clarke orbit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Geosynchronous orbits which keep satellites in a fixed position relative to the ground are called Clarke Orbits. The Clarke Orbit has become shorthand for geostationary orbit, home of the myriad communication satellites that bind our world together.

Detailed explanation-4: -A geosynchronous orbit is a special position high above the Earth that allows an object to keep pace with the rotation our planet.

Detailed explanation-5: -The orbit of a geostationary satellite is known as the parking orbit. It takes 24 hours to complete one revolution of the earth by satellite, that is the same time as the earth takes to rotate once on its axis.

Detailed explanation-6: -Syncom 2, the first satellite in a geosynchronous orbit (an orbit that has a period of 24 hours but is inclined to the Equator), was launched successfully on July 26, 1963, and Syncom 3, the first satellite in geostationary orbit, on August 19, 1964.

Detailed explanation-7: -The term geostationary comes from the fact that such a satellite appears nearly stationary in the sky as seen by a ground-based observer. BGAN, the new global mobile communications network, uses geostationary satellites.