SATELLITE

COMMUNICATI
ON
UNITORBIT
VII &
LOW EARTH
NON GEOSTATIONARY

ORBIT CONSIDERATIONS

Equatorial Orbits
Inclined Orbits
Elliptical Orbits
Molniya Orbit
Sun
Synchronous
Orbit

EQUATORIAL ORBIT

Equatorial Orbits
Inclined Orbits
Elliptical Orbits
Molniya Orbit
Sun
Synchronous
Orbit

COVERAGE OF AN
EQUATORIAL ORBIT
LEO SATELLITE

INCLINED ORBIT

Equatorial Orbits
Inclined Orbits
Elliptical Orbits
Molniya Orbit
Sun
Synchronous
Orbit

STORE & FORWARD

CONCEPT

ELLIPTICAL ORBIT

Equatorial Orbits
Inclined Orbits
Elliptical Orbits
Molniya Orbit
Sun
Synchronous
Orbit

SCHEMATIC OF ELLIPTICAL
ORBIT

MOLNIYA ORBIT

Equatorial Orbits
Inclined Orbits
Elliptical Orbits
Molniya Orbit
Sun
Synchronous
Orbit

SCHEMATIC OF MOLNIYA
ORBIT

SCHEMATIC OF
OPERATIONAL
MOLNIYA SYSTEM

SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT

Equatorial Orbits
Inclined Orbits
Elliptical Orbits
Molniya Orbit
Sun
Synchronous
Orbit

EXAMPLES OF
TWO SUN SYNCHRONOUS
ORBITS

ILLUSTRATION OF
ALIGNMENT CHANGES OF
THE ORBITAL PLANE