Glossary · Concepts & missions
Earth orbit
A spacecraft trajectory around Earth. Low orbit (400 km) hosts the ISS; geostationary orbit (36,000 km) hosts telecom satellites; Lagrange point L2 hosts observation telescopes.
Definition
A spacecraft trajectory around Earth. Low orbit (400 km) hosts the ISS; geostationary orbit (36,000 km) hosts telecom satellites; Lagrange point L2 hosts observation telescopes.