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Promising Reasons Why LEO Satellites Are the Next Big Thing

When it comes to launching satellites designed to orbit the Earth, there are three potential destinations. These orbits, dubbed low, medium, and geosynchronous Earth orbits, or LEO (low Earth orbit), MEO (middle Earth orbit), and GEO (geosynchronous equatorial orbit), respectively, all exist within a specific height window above the planet’s surface. What is the difference ...

Megan Nichols

NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite being placed in orbit.