A geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit, or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites. In 1997, NASA...

parent object. Geocentric orbit: An orbit around the planet Earth, such as that of the Moon or of artificial satellites. Selenocentric orbit (named after...

A geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) or geosynchronous transfer orbit is a type of geocentric orbit. Satellites that are destined for geosynchronous (GSO)...

Earth at the center. Under most geocentric models, the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbit Earth. The geocentric model was the predominant description...

Earth orbit may refer to: Earth's orbit, the orbit of the Earth around the Sun Geocentric orbit, an orbit around the Earth Earth Orbiter 1, a shuttle simulator...

Types of geocentric orbit Orbital periods and speeds are calculated using the relations 4π2R3 = T2GM and V2R = GM, where R is the radius of orbit in metres;...

Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system (acronym ECEF), also known as the geocentric coordinate system, is a cartesian spatial reference system that represents...

Orbiter Mission in 2013. Astrodynamics Earth's orbit Geocentric orbit Heliocentrism List of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit List of orbits Low-energy...

July 2018. Low Earth Orbit (LEO): A geocentric orbit with an altitude much less than the Earth's radius. Satellites in this orbit are between 80 and 2000...

orbit of Earth per sidereal day (relative to the stars, not the Sun). High Earth orbit: Geocentric orbits above the altitude of geosynchronous orbit 35...

between 2016 and 2017, and left geocentric orbit by May 2020 according to simulations of its orbit. The geocentric orbit of 2020 CD3 is chaotic due to the...

A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), also called a heliosynchronous orbit, is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given...

al-Zarqālī in the 11th century described the deferent of Mercury's geocentric orbit as being oval, like an egg or a pignon, although this insight did not...

the geocentric orbital eccentricity was not greater than 1 until 17 September 2007. It is now in solar orbit as an Amor-class asteroid with an orbit completely...

following: For a geocentric orbit, Earth's equatorial plane. In this case, non-inclined orbits are called equatorial. For a heliocentric orbit, the ecliptic...

200 mi) and that of the geosynchronous orbit at 35,786 km (22,236 mi). Geosynchronous orbit (GEO) Geocentric circular orbit with an altitude of 35,786 km (22...

to the term "geocentric orbit" for an orbit around Earth and "heliocentric orbit" for an orbit around the Sun. As with these other orbits, the apsides...

Satellite internet constellation Light pollution Space debris Types of geocentric orbit Orbital mechanics "On the increasing number of satellite constellations"...

model of the universe in much the same way as Ptolemy had presented his geocentric model in the second century. This "Copernican Revolution" resolved the...

between heliocentric and geocentric orbit. When it was first discovered, it was quickly found that the object was in an orbit around Earth. Astronomers...

A high Earth orbit (HEO) is an Earth-centered orbit with altitude at apogee higher than that of the geosynchronous orbit (35,786 km above sea level )...

gravitational parameter for the Earth as the central body, is called the geocentric gravitational constant. It equals (3.986004418±0.000000008)×1014 m3⋅s−2...

(planned) Landing site Inner Mongolia, China Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 41.5° Docking with Tiangong...

term "geocentric orbit" for an orbit around Earth and "heliocentric orbit" for an orbit around the Sun. The apsides of an Cytherocentric orbit are pericytherion...

1) was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was...

comet strikes a newly opened Japanese commercial space station in geocentric orbit, Anshin. At the same time, a trio of Earth children brought to the...

Spacelab allowed scientists to perform experiments in microgravity in geocentric orbit. There was a variety of Spacelab-associated hardware, so a distinction...

not designed to send payloads out to geocentric orbit, as such they can only affect targets in low earth orbit and only in a target area centered around...

inadvertently becoming the first man-made object to leave geocentric orbit and enter a heliocentric orbit, where it remains. Venera 8-14 and Vega 1 and 2 were...

A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 km (22,236 mi) in altitude...