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Noun Concept
Categories: Earth orbits, Soviet inventions, long volume value, Satellite broadcasting
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molniya orbit  Molnija orbit
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A Molniya orbit is a type of satellite orbit designed to provide communications and remote sensing coverage over high latitudes. Wikipedia
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A Molniya orbit is a type of satellite orbit designed to provide communications and remote sensing coverage over high latitudes. Wikipedia
Highly elliptical and highly inclined semi-synchronous orbit Wikidata
A highly elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of 0.74, inclination of 63.4 degrees, an argument of perigee of −90 degrees, and an orbital period of half a sidereal day, around the Earth. Wiktionary
IS A
orbit
highly elliptical orbit
PART OF
outer space
NAMED AFTER
Molniya
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molniya orbit
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Molniya orbit
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Molniya orbit
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Molnija orbit, Molniya Orbit

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