apogee

noun4

1. •
   The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
2. •
   (figurative) The highest point.

   • The cult of the chief executive reached its apogee in the nineteen-nineties, a period when C.E.O.s seemed not so much to serve their companies as to embody them. — 2004
3. •
   The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.

   • Conjunctions of I and II [Io and Europa] occur when they are near perigee and apogee respectively; conjunctions of II and III [Europa and Ganymede] occur when II [Europa] is near perigee. — 1995
4. •
   The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.