Geostationary ring

The geostationary ring, the volume region in which the orbit is geostationary.

Anomalies of the gravitational field of the Earth, the gravitational effects of the Moon and Sun, as well as the radiation pressure of solar radiation leads to deviations of the geostationary orbit of a circular orbit at 36,000 km. These differences can add up to up to 15 degrees in declination and 75 km in height.

It is this area is increasingly affected by space debris, partly due to the intensive use, on the other hand, the fact that the waste does not crash through the geostationary orbit as at lower orbits after some time on the ground.

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