From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgeostationary orbitge‧o‧sta‧tion‧a‧ry or‧bit /ˌdʒiːəʊsteɪʃənəri ˈɔːbɪt $ -oʊˌsteɪʃəneri ˈɔːrbɪt/ noun [countable, uncountable] technical if something such as a satellite is in geostationary orbit, it is moving around the Earth in a way that means it stays above the same point on the Earth’s surface
