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]}

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Orbits

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 · Molniya · Near-equatorial · Orbit of the Moon · Polar · Tundra · Two-line elements

Other	Areosynchronous · Areostationary · Halo · Lissajous · Lunar · Heliocentric · Heliosynchronous

Parameters

Classical	$i\,\!$ Inclination · $\Omega\,\!$ Longitude of the ascending node · $e\,\!$ Eccentricity · $\omega\,\!$ Argument of periapsis · $a\,\!$ Semi-major axis · $M_o\,\!$ Mean anomaly at epoch

Other	$\nu\,\!$ True anomaly · $b\,\!$ Semi-minor axis · $\epsilon\,\!$ Linear eccentricity · $E\,\!$ Eccentric anomaly · $L\,\!$ Mean longitude · $l\,\!$ True longitude · $T\,\!$ Orbital period

Maneuvers

Bi-elliptic transfer · Delta-v budget · Geostationary transfer · Gravity assist · Gravity turn · Hohmann transfer · Oberth effect · Inclination change · Phasing · Rendezvous · Transposition, docking, and extraction