Areostationary orbit

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An areostationary orbit (abbreviated ASO) is a circular areosynchronous orbit in the Martian equatorial plane about 17,000 km (10,600 miles) above the surface, any point on which revolves about Mars in the same direction and with the same period as the Martian surface. Although no artificial satellites have been placed so far in this orbit, it is of interest to some scientists foreseeing a future telecommunications network for the exploration of Mars. Areostationary orbit is a concept similar to Earth's geostationary orbit.

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Mars Network - Marsats - NASA site devoted to future communications infrastructure for Mars exploration
Bandwidth available from an areostationary satellite

Orbits

Types

General	Box · Capture · Circular · Elliptical / Highly elliptical · Escape · Graveyard · Hyperbolic trajectory · Inclined / Non-inclined · Osculating · Parabolic trajectory · Parking · Synchronous (semi · sub)

Geocentric	Geosynchronous · Geostationary · Sun-synchronous · Low Earth · Medium Earth · Molniya · Near-equatorial · Orbit of the Moon · Polar · Tundra · Two-line elements

Other	Areosynchronous · Areostationary · Halo · Lissajous · Lunar · Heliocentric · Heliosynchronous

Parameters

Classical	$i\,\!$ Inclination · $\Omega\,\!$ Longitude of the ascending node · $e\,\!$ Eccentricity · $\omega\,\!$ Argument of periapsis · $a\,\!$ Semi-major axis · $M_o\,\!$ Mean anomaly at epoch

Other	$\nu\,\!$ True anomaly · $b\,\!$ Semi-minor axis · $\epsilon\,\!$ Linear eccentricity · $E\,\!$ Eccentric anomaly · $L\,\!$ Mean longitude · $l\,\!$ True longitude · $T\,\!$ Orbital period

Maneuvers

Bi-elliptic transfer · Delta-v budget · Geostationary transfer · Gravity assist · Gravity turn · Hohmann transfer · Oberth effect · Inclination change · Phasing · Rendezvous · Transposition, docking, and extraction