LOW EARTH ORBIT meaning: Orbit close to Earth's surface

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General (4 matching dictionaries)

low earth orbit: Merriam-Webster
low Earth orbit: Wiktionary
low earth orbit: Dictionary.com
Low Earth Orbit, Low-Earth orbit, Low Earth orbit, Low earth orbit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)

low earth orbit: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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Low-earth-orbit, low-earth orbit, low earth orbit: Encyclopedia

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Science (2 matching dictionaries)

Low Earth Orbit: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
LOW EARTH ORBIT: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (low Earth orbit)

▸ noun: A satellite orbit around the Earth within the altitude range of ~ 200 - 2000 km, in which a satellite can communicate with Earth with a small time lag and energy consumption. Abbreviation: LEO.

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geostationary orbit, high earth orbit, medium earth orbit

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