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Orbital Mechanics. Basic Orbits Include: Low Earth Orbit (LEO), including sun-synchronous Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Also called semi-synchronous Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) including Geostationary. Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) including Molniya Spacecraft obey Kepler, not Bernoulli
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Orbital Mechanics Basic Orbits Include: Low Earth Orbit (LEO), including sun-synchronous Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Also called semi-synchronous Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) including Geostationary. Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) including Molniya Spacecraft obey Kepler, not Bernoulli Satellite manoeuvres require Deliberate planning Time Fuel (limited)
Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Altitude 160 – 2000 km
Sun-Synchronous Orbits • Near-Polar, 97°-99° Inclination • 760 - 860 km
Medium Earth Orbits (MEO) 2D Ground Trace Period: 2 – 24hrs Average = 12 hour period Altitude: 2000 – 35786 km, Near Circular Average 20,800 km
Highly Elliptical Orbits (HEO) Apogee High Altitude Perigee Low Altitude