Landmarks / Geostationary orbit
Geostationary orbit
35,786 km, where satellites hover over one spot.
- Real height
- 35,786 km
- Points needed
- 758
- Zone
- Deep space
- Landmark
- 19 of 25
About Geostationary orbit
At 35,786 km above the equator a satellite takes exactly one rotation of the Earth to go around once, so it stays over the same spot. This is called geostationary orbit.
The writer Arthur C. Clarke described the idea in 1945. Today weather satellites and many television and communications satellites sit in this ring.
Geostationary orbit in Clamber
You reach this landmark at 758 points. It is landmark 19 of the 21 between the ground and the Moon, which waits at 930 points. Its real height is about 1.8 times that of the previous landmark, GPS satellites.
Answers are worth 0 to 100 points depending on how rare they are, so even a run of nothing but the rarest answers needs at least 8 holds to get here. A fall drops you to just below the last landmark you passed, so a landmark you have reached can slip away again. See how to play for the full rules.