Los satélites geoestacionarios o satélites geosíncronos describen órbitas sobre el ecuador terrestre con la misma velocidad angular que la Tierra, es decir, permanecen inmóviles sobre un determinado punto sobre nuestro globo. Un solo satélite geoestacionario de gran altitud puede proporcionar comunicaciones confiables aproximadamente a un 40 % de la superficie terrestre. La velocidad orbital de los satélites geoestacionarios que circundan la Tierra es de aproximadamente 10 900 kilómetros por hora.

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A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, with an orbital period the same as the Earth's rotation period. Such a satellite returns to the same position in the sky after each sidereal day, and over the course of a day traces out a path in the sky that is typically some form of analemma. A special case of geosynchronous satellite is the geostationary satellite, which has a geostationary orbit – a circular geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth's equator. Another type of geosynchronous orbit used by satellites is the Tundra elliptical orbit. Geosynchronous satellites have the advantage of remaining permanently in the same area of the sky, as viewed from a particular location on Earth, and so permanently within view of a given ground station. Geostationary satellites have the special property of remaining permanently fixed in exactly the same position in the sky, as viewed from any location on Earth, meaning that ground-based antennas do not need to track them but can remain fixed in one direction. Such satellites are often used for communication purposes; a geosynchronous network is a communication network based on communication with or through geosynchronous satellites.

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