Molniya orbit
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molniya-orbit-182-13346177
title:
Molniya orbit
text:
A Molniya orbit is a type of satellite orbit designed to provide communications and remote sensing coverage over high latitudes. It is a highly elliptical orbit with an inclination of 63.4 degrees, an argument of perigee of 270 degrees, and an orbital period of approximately half a sidereal day. The name comes from the Molniya satellites, a series of Soviet/Russian civilian and military communications satellites which have used this type of orbit since the mid-1960s. A variation on the Molniya o
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description:
Type of high-latitude satellite orbit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molniya_orbit
date created:
2004-04-24T19:41:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T11:14:53Z
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