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To: jpsb
A NASA satellite studying the solar wind is in an elliptical orbit around Earth that takes it from its lowest point of 116 miles to its highest point of 292,237 miles from Earth. For a short while, this will be the “highest”.

The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched on 25 December 2021, will be placed in an orbit that is 930,000 miles from Earth.

I did search before posting.

28 posted on 07/07/2022 9:08:33 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit[a] (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 km (22,236 mi) in altitude above Earth's Equator (42,164 km (26,199 mi) in radius from Earth's center) and following the direction of Earth's rotation.

Study harder.

38 posted on 07/07/2022 9:17:41 AM PDT by jpsb
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