Orbit class
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Roughly 2,000–30,000 km. Where global navigation satellites live (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou).
190 cataloged objects in this orbit class.
Medium Earth Orbit covers altitudes between 2,000 km and the geosynchronous belt at ~35,786 km. Navigation constellations dominate here: GPS at ~20,200 km, GLONASS at ~19,100 km, Galileo at ~23,222 km, and the BeiDou MEO segment at ~21,500 km. Orbital periods run 11–14 hours.
Examples
- GPS BIII-9 (PRN 20)
- GPS BIIRM-1 (PRN 17)
- BEIDOU-3 M21 (C43)
- COSMOS 2522 (752)
- GPS BIIR-5 (PRN 22)
- COSMOS 2476 (744)
- FENGYUN 1C DEB
- O3B MPOWER F9
- COSMOS 2485 (747)
- GSAT0103 (GALILEO-FM3)
- COSMOS 2436 (723)
- COSMOS 2527 (756)
- GSAT0211 (GALILEO 14)
- O3B PFM
- BEIDOU-3 M4 (C22)
- GSAT0220 (GALILEO 24)
- O3B FM11
- GPS BIII-5 (PRN 11)
- O3B FM2
- BEIDOU-2 M3 (C11)
- GPS BIIF-1 (PRN 25)
- BEIDOU-3 M25 (C47)
- GSAT0226 (GALILEO 31)
- O3B MPOWER F4