• Question: what is geospace?

    Asked by aislingdillon to Arlene, Colin, David, Eugene, Paul on 18 Nov 2012.
    • Photo: Paul Higgins

      Paul Higgins answered on 18 Nov 2012:


      I have not heard of geospace- you could be referring to the place in space where satellites can orbit the earth at the same speed that the earth is turning. So, a satellite in this orbit (called geo-synchronous orbit) will always sit above the same spot on the earth.

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