Low Earth Orbit LEO
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) sits below about 2,000 km. Satellites here move fast — a full orbit takes roughly 90 minutes — with low latency and small ground footprints, which is why broadband megaconstellations, imaging fleets and the ISS all live in LEO.
15,847
Satellites in LEO
94.7%
Share of global
Below ~2,000 km
Altitude band
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Major constellations in LEO
Starlink · OneWeb · Kuiper · Qianfan · Planet · Iridium