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earth orbit

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earth orbit [¦ərth ′ȯr·bət]
(astronomy)
The elliptical motion of the earth about the sun (eccentricity 0.01675, average radius 9.296 × 107miles or 1.496 × 108kilometers) in a sidereal year.


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Iran put its first communications satellite, Omid (Hope), into a low earth orbit on 2 February.
Iran put its first communications satellite, Omid (Hope), into a low earth orbit on 2 February.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dassault Aviation has returned to investigating the feasibility of installing an airborne micro-launcher under the Rafale with which to launch small satellites into low earth orbit.
 
 
 
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