Debris from the broken-apart Intelsat 33e telecom satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation shows.

This was the first suggestion of such a geosynchronous orbit. How high is a geosynchronous orbit and how does it work? Geosynchronous orbits are important for Earth-monitoring satellites.

In geosynchronous orbit, a spacecraft completes one lap around Earth at the same rate as the planet's rotation, giving a satellite a constant view of the same geographic region.

GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT LOW-EARTH ORBIT Source: CelesTrak Note: Data is as of July 25. The animation shows approximately one hour of orbiting satellites. Mr. Musk did not respond to requests for comment.

Imagine this: In the not-so-distant future, a fleet of small spacecraft could whiz around Earth, rendezvousing with dead hunks of metal in geosynchronous orbit around the planet.

True Anomaly Inc., the technology company developing advanced hardware and software systems to ensure the sustainable security of space, today announced Jackal—its Autonomous Orbital Vehicle ...

The results could enable time transfer from the ground to satellites in geosynchronous orbit with femtosecond precision -- 10,000 times better than the existing state-of-the-art satellite approaches.

Northrop Grumman has written a new line in the history books, the company's Mission Extension Vehicle 1 (MEV-1) executing the first undocking of two commercial satellites in geosynchronous earth ...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center created the animation below using geosynchronous-satellite images taken over Africa, and it clearly shows the seasonal progression.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Pentagon plans to end procurements of very large geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) infrared satellites that provide initial warning of ballistic missile launches ...