medium Earth orbit

English

Noun

medium Earth orbit (plural medium Earth orbits)

  1. An Earth-centered orbit with an altitude above a low Earth orbit and below a high Earth orbit, between 2,000 and 35,786 km above sea level.
    Synonym: MEO (initialism)
    Coordinate terms: low Earth orbit, high Earth orbit
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