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| rdfs:comment | - To an observer standing on the equator of the rotating body, an object so orbiting would generally appear to oscillate north and south. The one synchronous orbit which did not deviate from the body's equatorial plane, known as stationary because the orbiting object would appear to that observer to be suspended motionless overhead, was yet often understood to be the type intended by the general term. The USS Enterprise maintained a stationary "synchronous orbit over the capital city of Gideon" in 2268. (TOS: "The Mark of Gideon" )
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| abstract | - To an observer standing on the equator of the rotating body, an object so orbiting would generally appear to oscillate north and south. The one synchronous orbit which did not deviate from the body's equatorial plane, known as stationary because the orbiting object would appear to that observer to be suspended motionless overhead, was yet often understood to be the type intended by the general term. The USS Enterprise maintained a stationary "synchronous orbit over the capital city of Gideon" in 2268. (TOS: "The Mark of Gideon" ) Satellites and space stations too might be locked into the stationary type of synchronous orbit. Terok Nor was in stationary orbit over Bajor. (DS9: "Emissary", "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") Some facilities of the UFP Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards were in stationary orbit about Sol IV; the rest were on the surface. (TNG: "Parallels" ) A space elevator or orbital tether was a particular type of stationary space station, connected to the equatorial surface by an extremely long cable or tower. The Nezu of the Delta Quadrant used such structures in their colonizations. (VOY: "Rise")
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