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Low Earth orbit

Polar and Sun-synchronous orbit

Geostationary orbit

Once the satellite reaches the furthest point from Earth in Geostationary transfer orbit (green), it fires its engines in such a way that it enters into a circular GEO orbit (blue)

Reaching orbit

Mitigation scenarios: Graveyard orbit 300 km above GEO

Mass affects orbiting bodies

Diagram showing orbital positions of the planets and SOHO

Spacecraft in a graveyard orbit can still pose a threat

Earth's gravity & centrifugal forces act on geostationary satellites

The orbits of Gaia and Webb

Phobos fly-by animation

Venus Express' trajectory to Venus

SMART-1's ever-increasing orbit of the Earth

Rosetta’s trajectory towards asteroid Steins

The Huygens probe separating from the Cassini spacecraft

Artist's impression of Venus Express orbit insertion

Solar radiation pressure

SMOS orbital path

MetOp and NOAA orbits

Location of SMART-1 impact

Simulation of an explosion in GEO

Perturbations from Sun and Moon

Artist's impression of Mars Express and Phobos

Simulation of an explosion in GEO (after 2 days)

Planck's cruise to L2

Mitigation scenarios: Reorbiting a spacecraft into a 'graveyard orbit'

Artist's view of the COROT satellite

Juice and Europa Clipper’s orbits around the Jupiter system

Artist's impression of Venus Express' trajectory

SvalSat ground coverage of Hinode (Solar-B)

Cluster and Double Star orbits on 8 May 2004

Ulysses's orbit

SMART-1 trajectory up to impact

The sky observed by COROT

A student works on YES2 in the vibration facility at ESTEC

Artist's impression of Venus Express orbit insertion

Perturbations from Earth's gravity

Navigation satellites around Earth

Artist's impression of the final moment before impact with TW229

Venus Express' journey to Venus

Artist's impression of Venus Express orbit insertion

Perturbations from Earth's gravity

The YES2 experiment will fly on ESA's Foton-M3 mission in September 2007

ASTRO-F, now called AKARI, is successfully launched

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