HEO

Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO)

Highly Elliptical Orbit satellites use elongated paths to dwell over polar and high-latitude regions that GEO satellites can't see well.

46 active satellites shown

NORAD	Name	Operator	Inc °	Rev/day	Status
100270	QZS-7 (MICHIBIKI-7)	-	6.78	1.4892	Operational
100172	TIANLIAN 3-01	-	15.44	2.2801	Operational
100128	2026-167D	-	25.63	1.7637	Operational
100127	2026-167C	-	25.67	1.7635	Operational
100126	2026-167B	-	25.62	1.7630	Operational
100125	2026-167A	-	25.76	1.7661	Operational
69570	SHIJIAN-31 (SJ-31)	General Armaments Dept. of the PLA / Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)	63.49	1.9222	Operational
69123	SMILE	Chinese Academy of Sciences / European Space Agency	70.03	0.4750	Operational
68571	MERIDIAN-M 21L	Aerospace Defence Forces	62.83	2.0061	Operational
64527	COSMOS 2590	OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems	0.69	1.0022	Operational
62850	NVS-02 (IRNSS-1K)	Indian Space Research Organization	20.75	2.1794	Non-operational
62454	ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT	Spacing Guild UK Ltd	9.15	1.0029	Operational
62258	PROBA-3 OSC	European Space Agency	59.74	1.2208	Operational
62256	PROBA-3 CSC	European Space Agency	59.74	1.2208	Operational
62188	TJS-13	China Aerospace Corp	63.81	2.0063	Operational
60423	ASBM-2	Space Norway AS / US Space Force Space Systems Command	62.86	1.5042	Operational
60422	ASBM-1	Space Norway AS / US Space Force Space Systems Command	62.90	1.5043	Operational
58584	ARKTIKA-M 2	Korporatsii Roskosmos	63.21	2.0060	Operational
54878	SHIYAN-10 02 (SY-10 02)	Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)	64.02	2.0060	Operational
54223	COSMOS 2563 (EKS 6)	Aerospace Defence Forces	63.20	2.0056	Operational
52145	MERIDIAN 10	Aerospace Defence Forces	62.68	2.0060	Operational
49503	COSMOS 2552 (EKS 5)	Aerospace Defence Forces	62.83	2.0060	Operational
49258	SHIYAN-10 01 (SY-10 01)	Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)	63.13	2.0064	Operational
47719	ARKTIKA-M 1	Korporatsii Roskosmos	63.26	2.0061	Operational
45608	COSMOS 2546 (EKS 4)	Aerospace Defence Forces	63.17	2.0059	Operational
45254	MERIDIAN 9	Aerospace Defence Forces	65.53	2.0061	Operational
44552	COSMOS 2541 (EKS 3)	Aerospace Defence Forces	62.71	2.0058	Operational
44453	MERIDIAN 8	Aerospace Defence Forces	63.19	2.0060	Partially operational
42719	COSMOS 2518 (EKS 2)	Aerospace Defence Forces	63.02	2.0075	Operational
41896	ARASE (ERG)	Institute of Space and Astronautical Sci	31.95	2.5777	Operational
41032	COSMOS 2510 (EKS 1)	Aerospace Defence Forces	63.46	2.0074	Operational
40485	MMS 4	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	72.75	0.2834	Operational
40484	MMS 3	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	72.76	0.2834	Operational
40483	MMS 2	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	72.76	0.2834	Operational
40482	MMS 1	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	72.76	0.2834	Operational
40296	MERIDIAN 7	Aerospace Defence Forces	63.45	2.0060	Operational
30798	THEMIS E	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	6.86	0.8784	Operational
30797	THEMIS D	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	8.05	0.8759	Operational
30580	THEMIS A	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	8.76	0.8784	Operational
26464	CLUSTER II-FM8 (TANGO)	European Space Agency	149.73	0.4445	Operational
26410	CLUSTER II-FM7 (SAMBA)	European Space Agency	149.56	0.4488	Operational
26113	IMAGE	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	94.27	1.6867	Partially operational
25989	XMM-NEWTON	European Space Agency	64.16	0.5013	Operational
25867	CXO	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center	57.02	0.3780	Operational
23802	POLAR	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	79.94	1.2985	Partially operational
14129	PHASE 3B (AO-10)	AMSAT-Germany	25.96	2.0587	Partially operational

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Active satellites where orbit_class = HEO. Data sourced from CelesTrak, GCAT, and Wikidata. view all sources ▸