What "it" are you referring to, exactly? The orbit? I assume this, and that you mean that once you have "nudged" the polar orbit, what causes the orbit to stop in a geosynchronous (did you mean geostationary here?) orbit around the equator. Gary.. Ok Gary. Let me clarify my word usage. Remember this is just a mental exercise. Orbit is a track... Satellite is an object that follows this track .. A geostationary satellite is one that is on an equatorial orbit, and because of its speed is synchronised radially with the alleged rotation of the earth and thus appears to be stationary. (so I make geostationary and geo synchronous the same thing...Lets not twiddle twaddle over it) If the earth is stationary, then so also must be the satellite... not moving in any manner. So let me start again. Pretend the earth is a perfect sphere to avoid complications...near enough. We launch a rocket from spot on the north pole to put it in an orbit "vertically" or longitudinally around the earth . It will cover both poles... We give it the exact same period, velocity and height that the equatorial orbit has for a synchronous satellite. ... Let the earth be stationary. Thus this orbit will track over the same longitude circumnavigating the globe every 24 hours. If the earth is rotating, this will show up as an oblique 45 degree scan across the longitudes. Some will say: There is your proof. However, Rob will introduce his plenum, and say not proven... I believe there may be no need for The plenum. The polar orbit may just show a still earth. After all It has never been done. It cannot be done from California, because all their calculatons are based upon their belief system. of a rotating earth for which they will compensate. Back to your question. We know that the calculations for a given body rotating in orbit at 22000 miles etc do produce a 24 hour circumnavigation of the earth, which the polar launch will prove . And from the earth we will SEE it scooting by N to South etc, every day. My question was ....If the earth is not rotating, and we tip this satellite and its orbit (track) over 90 degrees, into a perfect equatorial plane, it will suddenly be seen to have stopped and have assumed a stationary position in the sky. It is no longer moving..... That is if the earth is indeed stationary.... What stopped it. Can you not see how easy it is for the HC people to say "Obviously, it hasn't stopped... The earth is moving in synch with it....""" And thus why Neville does not want to accept their existence....But they do exist.. Any one with basic antenna knowledge will prove this.. Radio waves , especially in the high Gigahertz range, behave like light. and a dish is like a telescope, a radio telescope. The perfect polar launch should prove for or against us. If aganst, then we will really need Roberts plenum theory... and I like it.... even though I do not quite understand it yet... We have much more to discuss yet Robert. The Washing machine is not good enough..... Philip.