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Record 1 2008-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

AT&T was building its own medium-orbit satellite (TELSTAR) which NASA would launch on a cost-reimbursable basis.

OBS

Medium Earth orbit (MEO), sometimes called intermediate circular orbit (ICO), is a region of space centered on 20,200 km altitude between low Earth orbit and geosynchronous orbit.

Key term(s)
  • medium orbit satellite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

En vertu de ce programme, la mise au point d'une nouvelle génération de satellites hydrométéorologiques a commencé - le satellite sur orbite moyenne Meteor-M et le satellite géostationnaire Elektro-L, qui devraient être mis en service en 2006 ou 2007. L'un des satellites Meteor-M sera destiné à la recherche océanographique.

OBS

Les satellites en orbite moyenne sont situés à une altitude qui varie entre 8 000 à 20 000 Km de la Terre.

Spanish

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