Labels:text | screenshot OCR: SATELLITE ORBITS SPACE TECHNOLOGY A SATELLITE'S ORBIT is the path it follows around an object in space. Satellites are held in a circular or elliptical path around the Earth Eccentric orbit by the pull of the Earth's gravity. Polar orbit An orbit may be at any height Geostationary or a variable height above the orbit Earth's surface at any angle to the The Earth equator, but the plane of the orbit always passes through the center of the Earth because the Earth, by means of its gravitational field, pulls everything Low-Earth towards its center. Most communications orbit satellites are in the high, geostationary (also known as a geosynchronous) orbit. Some WHICH ORBIT? scientific satellites travel in low-Earth orbits. Satellites are launched into Navigation satellites are in near-circular or ...
