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• These satellites are at altitudes between 100 and 400 nautical miles. They have short duration revolutions (about 90 minutes), short visibility envelopes (2.5 minutes up to 10 minutes over a tracking station), short life spans, and are most subject to orbital perturbations due to atmospheric drag and earth gravitational anomalies.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Low Earth Orbit (LEO). (n.d.). MDA Glossary. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/low-earth-orbit-leo.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Low Earth Orbit (LEO). www.mda.mil. MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/low-earth-orbit-leo (accessed: January 28, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Low Earth Orbit (LEO)." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 28 January. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/low-earth-orbit-leo.

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