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Molniya orbit
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Molniya orbit
A
Molniya orbit
(, "Lightning") is a type of
highly elliptical orbit
with an
inclination
of 63.4
degree
s, an
argument of perigee
of -90 degrees and an
orbital period
of one half of a
sidereal day
. Molniya orbits are named after a series of
Soviet
/
Russian
Molniya
communications satellites
which have been using this type of orbit since the mid-1960s.
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