orbit center - to - center distance altitude above the earth 's surface orbital period specific orbital energy
0  earth 's surface (for comparison)                       6400 km                                0 km     85 minutes            62.6 mj / kg
1                    low earth orbit               6600 to 8400 km                      200 to 2000 km  89 to 128 min            29.8 mj / kg
2                      molniya orbit              6900 to 46300 km                     500 to 39900 km    11 h 58 min             4.7 mj / kg
3                      geostationary                      42000 km                            35786 km    23 h 56 min             4.6 mj / kg
4                  orbit of the moon           363000 to 406000 km                 357000 to 399000 km      27.3 days             0.5 mj / kg

Table as JSON:
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