X-Nico

unusual facts about geosynchronous satellite



Satellite Business Systems

Satellite Business Systems, abbreviated as SBS, was a company founded by IBM, Aetna, Comsat (and later wholly purchased by IBM and then subsequently sold to MCI), that provided private professional satellite communications through its SBS fleet of FSS geosynchronous satellites, and was the first company to do so.


see also

Delta B

Syncom-2 subsequently became the first geosynchronous satellite, and was placed at 55° west of the Greenwich Meridian.

GEO-1

Geosynchronous satellite USA-230, also known as SBIRS High GEO 1, the first in a series of space surveylance satellites launched in 2011 as part of the United States Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System

GEO-2

Geosynchronous satellite USA-241, also known as SBIRS GEO 2, the second in a series of space surveylance satellites launched on March 19, 2013 as part of the United States Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System

TerreStar Networks

On July 1, 2009, from French Guiana in South America, TerreStar launched its geosynchronous satellite, TerreStar-1.