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2016 – Satellite Orbits – Snapshot

As in previous years, the most used orbit type is low Earth orbit (LEO). In 2016, 80% of the 219 spacecraft launched or deployed around the Earth were inserted into LEO. The effective range of this type of orbit can be as low as 200 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, to as high as 2,000 kilometer...

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