apogee

apogee definitions

noun
  • The highest point. 

  • The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth. 

  • The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter. 

  • The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.