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Meanings of highly elliptical orbit in English

Russian
высокая эллиптическая орбита
Portuguese
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An elliptic orbit characterized by a relatively low-altitude perigee and an extremely high-altitude apogee.

        высокая эллиптическая орбита
        Usage of highly elliptical orbit in English
        1
        It includes a mix of satellites in geostationary (GEO) orbit, sensors on other satellites in highly elliptical orbit, and ground hardware and software.
        Reuters
        2
        Consequently, they were no more than brittle tissue-thin hulls now, drifting into highly elliptical orbits as their atmosphere leaked out and tanks ruptured.
        The evolutionary void
        3
        Many of the 454 exoplanets discovered to date have highly elliptical orbits, meaning the planets are not always the same distance from their parent star.
        Wired