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Highly Elliptical / High Orbit HEO

Highly Elliptical Orbits (HEO) swing far from Earth at apogee and close at perigee, dwelling for hours over high-latitude regions — useful where geostationary orbits can't reach. This group also holds objects above the geostationary belt.

50
Satellites in HEO
0.3%
Share of global
Eccentric or above GEO
Altitude band

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Major constellations in HEO

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Sample satellites