Orbit

The elliptical path of an object that is gravitationally bound to another object.

Orbit types

• Low Orbit (200 to 1200 km above planetary surface)
• Medium Orbit (1200 to approx. thirty thousand km km)
• Geosynchronous Orbit (approx. thirty thousand km above planetary surface)
• Geostationary Orbit (zero inclination geosynchronous orbit)
• High Orbit (above thirty thousand km)
  

Other special orbits include:

• Molniya orbits
• Heliosynchronous orbit
• Polar orbit
• Lunar transfer orbit
• Hohmann transfer orbit
• Supersynchronous orbit
• Subsynchronous orbit