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Objects in low-Earth orbit
- Reference
- e-sat99-00110
- Date
- 2008-05-05
Objects in low-Earth orbit (LEO). View over the equator.Eighty percent of all catalogued objects are in low-Earth orbit (LEO), which extends to 2000 km above the Earth's surface. To observe the Earth, spacecraft must orbit at such a low altitude. The spatial density of objects increases at high latitudes.
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