A subsynchronous orbit is an orbit of a satellite that is nearer the planet than it would be if it were in synchronous orbit, i.e. the orbital period is less than the sidereal day of the planet.[1]
subsynchronous, orbit, subsynchronous, orbit, orbit, satellite, that, nearer, planet, than, would, were, synchronous, orbit, orbital, period, less, than, sidereal, planet, contents, technical, considerations, economic, importance, commercial, spaceflight, also. A subsynchronous orbit is an orbit of a satellite that is nearer the planet than it would be if it were in synchronous orbit i e the orbital period is less than the sidereal day of the planet 1 Contents 1 Technical considerations 2 Economic importance in commercial spaceflight 3 See also 4 ReferencesTechnical considerations EditAn Earth satellite that is in a prograde subsynchronous orbit will appear to drift eastward as seen from the Earth s surface 1 Economic importance in commercial spaceflight EditThe Geosynchronous belt subsynchronous orbital regime is regularly used in spaceflight This orbit is typically used to house working communication satellites that have not yet been deactivated and may be still be used again in geostationary service if the need arises 2 See also EditSupersynchronous orbit List of orbitsReferences Edit a b Maral Gerard Michel Bousquet Zhili Sun 2009 Satellite communications systems systems techniques and technology Wiley OCLC 701718866 Kumar Krishna March 1993 Geosynchronous satellites at sub synchronous altitudes Acta Astronautica 29 3 149 151 Bibcode 1993AcAau 29 149K doi 10 1016 0094 5765 93 90043 V This astronomy related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Subsynchronous orbit amp oldid 1119094202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
