Near-equatorial orbit

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A near-equatorial orbit is an orbit that lies close to the equatorial plane of the object orbited. This orbit allows for rapid revisit times (for a single orbiting spacecraft) of near-equatorial ground sites.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of orbits
• Low Earth orbit (LEO)
• Geosynchronous orbit (GSO)

v · d · eOrbits  Types General Box · Capture · Circular · Elliptical / Highly elliptical · Escape · Graveyard · Hyperbolic trajectory · Inclined / Non-inclined · Osculating · Parabolic trajectory · Parking · Synchronous (semi · sub) Geocentric Geosynchronous · Geostationary · Sun-synchronous · Low Earth · Medium Earth · High Earth · Molniya · Near-equatorial · Orbit of the Moon · Polar · Tundra · Two-line elements About other points Areosynchronous · Areostationary · Halo · Lissajous · Lunar · Heliocentric · Heliosynchronous  Parameters Classical  Inclination ·  Longitude of the ascending node ·  Eccentricity ·  Argument of periapsis ·  Semi-major axis ·  Mean anomaly at epoch Other  True anomaly ·  Semi-minor axis ·  Linear eccentricity ·  Eccentric anomaly ·  Mean longitude ·  True longitude ·  Orbital period  Maneuvers Bi-elliptic transfer · Delta-v budget · Geostationary transfer · Gravity assist · Gravity turn · Hohmann transfer · Low energy transfer · Oberth effect  · Inclination change · Phasing · Rendezvous · Transposition, docking, and extraction · Collision avoidance (spacecraft)  Other orbital mechanics topics Apsis · Celestial coordinate system · Characteristic energy  · Direct motion · Epoch · Ephemeris · Equatorial coordinate system · Ground track · Interplanetary Transport Network · Kepler's laws of planetary motion · Lagrangian point · n-body problem · Orbit equation · Orbital speed · Orbital state vectors · Perturbation · Retrograde motion · Specific orbital energy · Specific relative angular momentum List of orbits

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