Why aircraft carriers won't make sense in space

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

There has to be another name for it, though. "Geostationary" literally means "staying in the same place above the planet".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit

'Retrograde geosynchronous orbit' is the most accurate description I can think of. I don't know if this sort of orbit has a proper name, or, indeed, if anybody actually uses it enough to justify one...