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<p>Category</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Low earth orbit or LEO refers to the lowest orbits that are stable for a reasonable length of time (months?). Typically around 200 - 1200 km (124 - 726 miles) above the Earth&#039;s surface. These orbits tend to have orbital velocities around 27,400 km/h (8 km/s), making one revolution in about 90 minutes but are only a small distance above the Earth compared to other orbits such as geostationary orbits. (See: [[GEO]]) <br /> <br /> The International Space Station ([[ISS]]) for instance, is in a LEO orbit, making it accessible to [[Soyuz]] and [[Space Shuttle]] manned missions, and [[Progress]] and [[ATV]] unmanned resupply missions.<br /> <br /> LEO is used as a baseline to compare the payload capacity of rockets.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Interplanetary Transportation]]</div>

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