low Earth orbit

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Low Earth orbit is the region of space relatively close to Earth’s surface, commonly used for satellites, space stations, and crewed missions due to its lower altitude and easier access.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of low Earth orbit

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of a low Earth orbit (Low Earth orbit is the region of space relatively close to Earth’s surface, commonly used for satellites, space stations, and crewed missions due to its lower altitude and easier access.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Low Earth orbit 60
low Earth orbit canonical 3
Earth orbit 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth orbit ⓘ
near-Earth space environment ⓘ
orbital region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs LEO ⓘ
hasAbbreviation LEO ⓘ
hasAdvantage high spatial resolution for imaging Earth ⓘ
lower launch energy requirements compared to higher orbits ⓘ
shorter communication latency with Earth ⓘ
hasCommonWorkingDefinitionLowerBound 160 kilometers altitude ⓘ
hasCommonWorkingDefinitionUpperBound 2,000 kilometers altitude ⓘ
hasDisadvantage dense population of space debris ⓘ
increased atmospheric drag causing orbital decay ⓘ
limited field of view of Earth at any given time ⓘ
hasOrbitalInclination varies from equatorial to polar ⓘ
hasOrbitalPeriodRange about 88 to 127 minutes ⓘ
hasSubcategory equatorial low Earth orbit ⓘ
polar orbit ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
very low Earth orbit ⓘ
hasTypicalAltitudeLowerBound about 160 kilometers above Earth’s surface ⓘ
hasTypicalAltitudeUpperBound about 2,000 kilometers above Earth’s surface ⓘ
hasTypicalOrbitalVelocity about 7.8 kilometers per second ⓘ
hosts International Space Station ⓘ
Tiangong space station ⓘ
isBelow geostationary orbit ⓘ
geosynchronous orbit ⓘ
medium Earth orbit ⓘ
isCharacterizedBy high orbital velocity ⓘ
relatively strong Earth gravity ⓘ
short orbital periods ⓘ
significant atmospheric drag ⓘ
isEnvironmentFor human spaceflight missions ⓘ
microgravity experiments ⓘ
on-orbit satellite servicing and assembly ⓘ
isPartOf near-Earth space ⓘ
isRegionOfConcernFor space debris mitigation ⓘ
space traffic management ⓘ
isSubjectOf international space law discussions ⓘ
orbital debris guidelines ⓘ
isUsedBy commercial space companies ⓘ
government space agencies ⓘ
military space programs ⓘ
isUsedFor Earth observation satellites ⓘ
linked to: Earth observation

communication satellites ⓘ
crew transportation missions ⓘ
remote sensing satellites ⓘ
scientific satellites ⓘ
space tourism missions ⓘ
technology demonstration satellites ⓘ
weather satellites ⓘ
orbits Earth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kennedy Space Center → launchesTo → low Earth orbit ⓘ
STS-107 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-114 → visitedDestination → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
RADARSAT Constellation Mission → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
RADARSAT-2 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Lost Moon → describesLocation → Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
GOSAT-2 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
International Docking Adapter → locatedInOrbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-44 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-133 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-120 → destination → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Mercury-Atlas 7 → destination → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Skylab 4 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
SpaceX CRS-10 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
D-1 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
FGB Zarya → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-96 → destination → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
RCM → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-27 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Iridium satellite system → orbitalRegime → low Earth orbit ⓘ
IRS-1B → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-36 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Resourcesat-1 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-110 → destination → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
LEO → fullName → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
LEO → abbreviationOf → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Mir core module → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-51-I → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-89 → orbitType → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Landsat 9 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 → locatedInOrbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-84 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Landsat 8 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Expedition 15 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Expedition 32 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-91 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Soyuz TMA-10 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-75 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
CAS500-1 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Linda M. Godwin → hasFlownTo → low Earth orbit ⓘ
Spacelab D1 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
ATLAS-2 → orbitType → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Norishige Kanai → hasFlownTo → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Soyuz TMA-3 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
STS-113 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Expedition 6 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
NOAA-19 → orbitRegime → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
ULF1.1 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
Expedition 18 → orbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
ULF6 → targetOrbit → Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit