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Tangential velocities at altitude
| Orbit | Center-to-center distance |
Altitude above the Earth's surface |
Speed | Orbital period | Specific orbital energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth's own rotation atScript error: No such module "String".surface on the equator (for comparison; not an orbit) | 6,378Script error: No such module "String".km | 0Script error: No such module "String".km | 465.1Script error: No such module "String".m/s (1,674Script error: No such module "String".km/h or 1,040Script error: No such module "String".mph) | 23Script error: No such module "String".h 56Script error: No such module "String".min 4.09Script error: No such module "String".sec | −62.6Script error: No such module "String".MJ/kg |
| Orbiting at Earth's surface (equator) theoretical | 6,378Script error: No such module "String".km | 0Script error: No such module "String".km | 7.9Script error: No such module "String".km/s (28,440Script error: No such module "String".km/h orScript error: No such module "String".17,672Script error: No such module "String".mph) | 1Script error: No such module "String".h 24Script error: No such module "String".min 18Script error: No such module "String".sec | −31.2Script error: No such module "String".MJ/kg |
| Low Earth orbit | 6,600 – 8,400Script error: No such module "String".km | 200 – 2,000Script error: No such module "String".km | Template:Ubl | 1Script error: No such module "String".h 29Script error: No such module "String".min – 2Script error: No such module "String".h 8Script error: No such module "String".min | −29.8Script error: No such module "String".MJ/kg |
| Molniya orbit | 6,900 – 46,300Script error: No such module "String".km | 500 – 39,900Script error: No such module "String".km | 1.5–10.0Script error: No such module "String".km/s (5,400–36,000Script error: No such module "String".km/h orScript error: No such module "String".3,335–22,370Script error: No such module "String".mph) respectively | 11Script error: No such module "String".h 58Script error: No such module "String".min | −4.7Script error: No such module "String".MJ/kg |
| Geostationary | 42,000Script error: No such module "String".km | 35,786Script error: No such module "String".km | 3.1Script error: No such module "String".km/s (11,600Script error: No such module "String".km/h or 6,935Script error: No such module "String".mph) | 23Script error: No such module "String".h 56Script error: No such module "String".min 4.09Script error: No such module "String".sec | −4.6Script error: No such module "String".MJ/kg |
| Orbit of the Moon | 363,000 – 406,000Script error: No such module "String".km | 357,000 – 399,000Script error: No such module "String".km | 0.97–1.08Script error: No such module "String".km/s (3,492–3,888Script error: No such module "String".km/h orScript error: No such module "String".2,170–2,416Script error: No such module "String".mph) respectively | 27.27Script error: No such module "String".days | −0.5Script error: No such module "String".MJ/kg |
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