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• This is a highly eccentric orbit with high apogee (.71 to .74) in the northern hemisphere and low perigee in the southern hemisphere. For a specific set of orbital parameters, this orbit has a changing velocity and altitude, which, when combined with the earths rotation, keeps the orbiting satellite within view for very long periods (96 percent) above a designated point on earth.

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  MOLNIYA Orbit. (n.d.). MDA Glossary. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/molniya-orbit.

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  MOLNIYA Orbit. www.mda.mil. MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/molniya-orbit (accessed: January 28, 2023).

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  "MOLNIYA Orbit." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 28 January. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/molniya-orbit.

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