EQUATORIAL ORBIT

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Satellite Communications — Equatorial Orbit

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Information on Equatorial Orbit

When the satellite rotates in an orbit above the equator, it is called an equatorial orbit. A geostationary orbit is a special case of an equatorial orbit.


Other topics in our resources on Satellite Communications related to Equatorial Orbit include: 
 
  • Kepler's Laws
  • Geosynchronous orbit
  • satellite orbit
  • low earth orbit (LEO)
  • medium earth orbit (MEO)
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  • highly elliptical orbit (HEO)
  • geostationary earth orbit (GEO)
  • polar orbit
  • period
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  • intermediate circular orbit (ICO)
  • line of apsides
  • descending node
  • azimuth

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