Three conditions are required for an orbit to be geostationary: The satellite must travel eastward at the same rotational speed as the earth. The orbit must be circular. The inclination of the orbit ...
It launched 11 commercial and military satellites, including a “425 ... Bandwagon-1 sent its payloads to a low Earth orbit at an inclination of about 45 degrees relative to Earth’s equator.
TASS/. Roscosmos has reached a decision on orbit inclination and architecture for the future Russian space station, Director General Dmitry Rogozin said on Rossiya-24 television on Saturday.
A number of satellite missions will want an orbit that's higher or lower in the sky, or on a different inclination to the equator. This can be achieved by mounting the satellites on "space tugs ...