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by Aquatic Eagle on February 4th, 2009
Pretty sure a lot of them orbit in the thermosphere, where the International Space Station orbits.
by mechazilla on February 4th, 2009
Good answer Avid, but some satellites orbit outside of our atmosphere. The terminology used in the industry for the three orbits is much less scientific and fancy. Low earth orbit is an 1100 mile wide belt that begins 120 mi. above sea level. In this orbit, communication satellites, spy satellites and weather satellites as well as the International Space Station orbit the earth every 90min. Above this, is medium earth orbit, which is 1200 to 14000 mi. above earth. This is called semi-synchronis orbit. Many communication satellites, as well as the 30 GPS satellites orbit the earth in 12 hrs., here at 12000 mi. above sea level. 22000 to 35000 above sea level is high earth orbit or geo-synchronis orbit. At this level, where our moon sits, satellites are locked into place with our 24 hr. day, appearing to hover above us.
by jeanie16 on August 22nd, 2009
lol, im dumb enough to suggest ' space'...............
by Jewel on February 4th, 2009
"Way up there"
by Anonymous T. Jackson on February 4th, 2009
It is called the Sputnikosphere in honor of the first man made object to orbit the earth.
by Dmitri on October 27th, 2008
I am confident that there is a term for that. All I can think of is troposphere and mesosphere, but that is a shot in the dark. I believe the term ends with "sphere", for what that is worth . . .
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That's two for Thermosphere!
by Ramblin Ricky on August 6th, 2009
As an update I have found out that satellites orbit in two different layers depending on the type of satellite. I think the other layer is the troposphere.
by Aquatic Eagle on August 6th, 2009