Template:Earth orbits
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[edit] Earth orbits
| orbit | center-to-center distance |
altitude above the Earth's surface |
speed | period/time in space | specific orbital energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minimum sub-orbital spaceflight (vertical) | 6500 km | 100 km | 0.0 km/s | just reaching space | 1.0 MJ/kg |
| ICBM | up to 7600 km | up to 1200 km | 6 to 7 km/s | time in space: 25 min | 27 MJ/kg |
| LEO | 6,600 to 8,400 km | 200 to 2000 km | circular orbit: 6.9 to 7.8 km/s elliptic orbit: 6.5 to 8.2 km/s |
89 to 128 min | 32.1 to 38.6 MJ/kg |
| Molniya orbit | 6,900 to 46,300 km | 500 to 39,900 km | 1.5 to 10.0 km/s | 11 h 58 min | 54.8 MJ/kg |
| GEO | 42,000 km | 35,786 km | 3.1 km/s | 23 h 56 min | 57.5 MJ/kg |
| Orbit of the Moon | 363,000 to 406,000 km | 357,000 to 399,000 km | 0.97 to 1.08 km/s | 27.3 days | 61.8 MJ/kg |
