(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.
Briefly, here's how it works: 1  21 GPS satellites and three spare satellites are in orbit at 10,600 miles above the Earth. The satellites are spaced so that from any point on Earth, four satellites will be above the horizon. 2  Each satellite contains a computer, an atomic clock, and a radio.