Some Major Orbit Types

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences,University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Orbit Perigee-Apogee Mean Radius km Inclination Node Eccentricity Perigee Angle
Geostationary 35793 42164 0 0 0 0
Molniya 500-39873 26562 63.4 0.741 -90
Navstar 20191 26562 55 0 0
Tundra 1000-70580 42164 63.4 0.825 -90
Inclined Geosynchronous - 42164
Sun-Synchronous 1000 7371 98 0 0
ISS (Space Station) 350 6721 51.6 0 0
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User-Defined 2 -
User-Defined 3 -

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Created 14 February 2012, Last Update 21 September 2016

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