Orbital Defense Platforms in particular make use of geostationary orbits to protect certain ground regions from attack; Cairo Station, for example, orbited directly over the city of Cairo, taking its name. The Athens Station also orbited above the Greek city of Athens. Other satellites, predominately telecommunication satellites, orbit in traditional geosynchronous orbits, holding over the same point during every rotation of the Earth. The terminus stations of Space elevators are also anchored to the geosynchronous orbit.