apogee
/ˈæpədʒiː/
noun
- The highest point or most successful time in the development of something.
- Her career reached its apogee when she won the Nobel Prize.
- The apogee of the festival was the spectacular fireworks display.
- The Roman Empire was at its apogee around 117 AD.
- The point in an orbit around a planet (especially Earth) where a satellite or moon is farthest from the planet.
- Engineers adjusted the satellite's orbit to lower its apogee.
- At apogee, the spacecraft was over 400,000 kilometers away.
- The moon is at apogee when it is farthest from Earth.