Tundra orbit
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tundra-orbit-310-633037
title:
Tundra orbit
text:
A Tundra orbit is a highly elliptical geosynchronous orbit with a high inclination, an orbital period of one sidereal day, and a typical eccentricity between 0.2 and 0.3. A satellite placed in this orbit spends most of its time over a chosen area of the Earth, a phenomenon known as apogee dwell, which makes them particularly well suited for communications satellites serving high-latitude regions. The ground track of a satellite in a Tundra orbit is a closed figure 8 with a smaller loop over eit
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wiki
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description:
Highly elliptical and highly inclined synchronous orbit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_orbit
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date modified:
2023-08-06T18:00:01Z
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