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Meanings of highly elliptical orbit in English

Russian
высокая эллиптическая орбита
Portuguese
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Catalan
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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.
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