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According to NASA, low Earth orbit is considered any orbital trajectory below 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers).However, the surface of Earth is not entirely smooth, and even a perfectly circular ...

In very simple terms, low Earth orbit (LEO) is exactly what it sounds like: An orbit around the Earth with an altitude that lies towards the lower end of the range of possible orbits. This is ...

According to NASA, low Earth orbit is considered any orbital trajectory below 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers). However, the surface of Earth is not entirely smooth, and even a perfectly circular ...