LINE OF APSIDES

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Satellite Communications — Line of Apsides

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Information on Line of Apsides

The line of apsides joins the apogee and the perigee of a satellite's orbit through the centre of the Earth.


Other topics in our resources on Satellite Communications related to Line of Apsides 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)
  • equatorial orbit
  • polar orbit
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  • period
  • intermediate circular orbit (ICO)
  • descending node
  • azimuth

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