Entry: Low Earth orbit altitude range
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URI: http://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/ObservedLayer/LEO
Altitude range of low Earth orbiting (LEO) objects with an altitude of 2'000 km or less (approximately one-third of the radius of Earth), or with at least 11.25 periods per day (an orbital period of 128 minutes or less) and an eccentricity less than 0.25. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit)
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Altitude range of low Earth orbiting (LEO) objects with an altitude of 2'000 km or less (approximately one-third of the radius of Earth), or with at least 11.25 periods per day (an orbital period of 128 minutes or less) and an eccentricity less than 0.25. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit)
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Low Earth orbit altitude range
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LEO
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