(A cash-balance plan, by contrast, allows you to take your money with you when you leave a job.). When you reach retirement age, you need to get back in touch with the folks who run the pension for your old company and apply for your benefit.
The satellites are pinpoint, while stars have created small trails due to the Earth's rotation. A geostationary orbit, geostationary Earth orbit or geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) is a circular orbit 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) above the Earth's equator and following the direction of the Earth's rotation.
Geosynchronous and geostationary satellites are typically orbiting at 35,788 km (22,238 miles) above the surface of the planet (42,000 km from its centre). Modern satellites have a mass of several thousand kilograms, compared with just 180 kilograms for Sputnik.