Satellite (2)

Orbital height of Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)

Orbital height of 35 786 km and orbital plane at an inclined angle to the equatorial plane

Orbital height of Geostationary Orbit (GEO)

Orbital height of 35 786 km and the equatorial plane as its orbital plane

Orbital shapes (1)

Perfectly circular

Orbital shapes (2)

Elliptical

Example of a perfectly circular orbit

GEO

Examples of elliptical orbits (1)

MEO

Examples of elliptical orbits (2)

HEO

Example of a perfectly circular or elliptical (1)

LEO

Example of perfectly circular or elliptical (2)

GSO

Specific positions in the elliptical orbits (1)

Apogee