Did you know these? 🌍🛰️ A spacecraft can be put into a number of different orbits or trajectories, depending on the goals of the mission: - Geostationary and geosynchronous: Located at 35 786 km, at this higher altitude it takes the satellite a full 24 hours to orbit the Earth. The satellite moves at the same speed as the Earth rotates. Geostationary satellites are those orbiting above the equator in a circular orbit – they appear to ‘hover’ in the sky over the same spot on the ground. Geosync