GTO

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002682",
  "term": "GTO",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An abbreviation for Geostationary Transfer Orbit, which is an elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft from a lower Earth orbit to a geostationary orbit. A spacecraft in GTO typically performs a burn at apogee to circularize its orbit and match the Earth's rotation. This orbit has an apogee at approximately 35,786 kilometers above the equator.",
  "subject": "Aviation maintenance",
  "see_also": [
    "HEO",
    "LTO",
    "TLI"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "GTO",
    "es": "GTO",
    "fr": "GTO"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/gto/"
}