What is the difference between a polar sattelite & geo stationary sattelite ?

Answer 1

Polar goes over the poles - as the world turns, they travel over different locations... mainly used for earth mapping and spy satellites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_orbit

geo-stationary is equatorial - they stay over the same location (they're in what has been called a Clarke Orbit, after Arthur C Clarke who popularized the concept). Most geosynchronous satellites are used for communications.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_Orbit

JT

Answer 2

Satellites in geostationary equatorial orbit (GEO) orbit Earth around the equator at a very specific altitude that allows them to complete one orbit in the same amount of time that it takes Earth to rotate once. As a result, these satellites stay above one point on Earth’s equator at all times.Direct-broadcast television satellites,earth-surveillance missions, including military surveillance and weather tracking missions use GEO.
Satellites in polar orbits orbit around Earth at right angles to the equator over both the North and South poles. Polar orbits can occur at any altitude,and are used by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,which provide weather information for all areas of the world every six hours. The satellites also map ozone levels in the atmosphere, including the level over the poles.

Answer 3

A polar satellite goes over the North Pole and the South Pole and back again. A geostationary satellite orbits above Earth's equator. It's at a special height such that it takes 24 hours to orbit Earth, and since Earth itself rotates on its axis once every 24 hours, the geostationary satellite appears to stay motionless above one spot on Earth (but really both are moving).

Answer 4

The orbit. A polar satellite orbits in a different direction, at an angle about 90 degrees away from the equator. But a geostationary is directly over the equator, at zero degrees.

Answer 5

Polar And Geostationary Satellites

Answer 6

Polar satellite moves from pole to pole keeping the line perpendicular to the equator as its orbit.

A geo stationary satellite has the same orbitting speed as the earth and moves with the same axis , so that it seems to be standing fixed in one place.

Answer 7

Different orbits. A geostationary satellite must be over the Equator, at a particular altitude (about 23,000 miles); a polar satellite crosses the poles and can do so at any altitude.

Answer 8

polar moves towards to pole

geosttionay satellite moves towarde equa tor

Answer 9

Directly over Delhi? No. You are correct, they must be equatorially placed. However, if they can be placed above the equator but still line of site to somewhere in the country, signals can be captured and spread around the country by other means. HTH Charles

Answer 10

Geo stationary satellites are satellites they are static and cover the geography and polar satellite is the one where they concentrate on polar areas