Orbits and mechanics
近地轨道
Low Earth orbit (LEO)
Orbit between roughly 160 and 2000 km, where most stations and constellations live.
The ISS sits near 420 km and completes an orbit in 92 minutes.
Related terms
- Geostationary orbit (GEO) — Orbit at 35,786 km whose period equals one sidereal day.
- Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) — An elliptical transfer orbit with a low perigee and an apogee near GEO.
- Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) — An orbit whose plane keeps a nearly fixed angle to the Sun.
- Orbital inclination — The angle between the orbital plane and the equator.