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Meanings of highly elliptical orbit in English

Russian
высокая эллиптическая орбита
Portuguese
heo
Catalan
heo
Spanish
heo

An elliptic orbit characterized by a relatively low-altitude perigee and an extremely high-altitude apogee.

высокая эллиптическая орбита
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Examples for "heo"
Examples for "heo"
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This is such a critical time for the agency and for HEO.
The South African
2
Other space chief changes Lueders is the HEO chief effectively immediately.
The South African
3
A wave of tears kept 87-year-old Heo Gyeong-ok from talking during the reunions.
Reuters
4
HeOs also Russia's first and biggest media mogul, and deeply embroiled in Kremlin politics.
The new yorker
5
Loverro had taken over after the July 2019 reassignment of longtime HEO leader Bill Gerstenmaier.
The South African
Usage of highly elliptical orbit in English
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It includes a mix of satellites in geostationary (GEO) orbit, sensors on other satellites in highly elliptical orbit, and ground hardware and software.
Reuters
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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