Medium Earth Orbit
Key Facts
Abbreviation
MEO
Pronunciation
/ˈmidiəm ərθ ˈɔrbət/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
NASA
Examples in Context
- Grace was the first to derive the code generators used by the Galileo validation satellites and the first Compass satellite in medium earth orbit.
- The Design of Regional Constellation Based on Medium Earth Orbit(MEO)
- Based on the functionality and traffic characteristics of the Medium Earth Orbit(MEO) Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System ( MEO-TDRSS ), the coverage properties and Inter-Satellite Link ( ISL ) performances of four familiar satellite constellation schemes which are adopted as the MEO-TDRSS of China are simulated and compared.
- Double-Layered satellite networks consisting of LEO ( low earth orbit ) and MEO ( medium earth orbit ) satellites have advantages on networking and communication performances.
- The paper begins with a brief outline on the recent status of geosynchronous and low / medium earth orbit satellite communication systems.