Apogee (disambiguation)
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Apogee, or more formally apsis, is the point, in an elliptical Earth orbit, of greatest distance from the Earth. Ballistic apogee is the highest altitude in the trajectory of a projectile.
Apogee may also refer to:
Companies
- Apogee Payment Solutions, a credit card processing company
- Apogee Books, an imprint of Canadian publishing house Collector's Guide Publishing
- Apogee Electronics, a manufacturer of digital audio hardware systems
- Apogee Software, a computer game publisher and developer
- Apogee Software Ltd. (now 3D Realms), a computer game publisher and developer
- Apogee, a company that provides high-speed networking services for institutions of higher education
- Apogee Design, Studio for branding, graphic and product design.
Popular culture
- Apogee (album), the second full-length album by Bongzilla
- "Apogee", a song by Jethro Tull
- "Apogee", a song by Tycho
- Fictional characters
- Talwyn Apogee, a fictional character in the Ratchet & Clank series
- Apogee, a minor superheroine from The Incredibles
Other
- APOGEE (festival), the technical festival of Birla Institute of Technology & Science
- Swiftech Apogee, a CPU water block
- Apogee Stadium, an American football venue on the campus of the University of North Texas, sponsored by the networking company
- Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), an astronomical survey
- Apogee, first launched in 1997, is Agfa Graphics' prepress workflow suite for commercial printing http://www.apogee.agfa.net/
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