Keywords: Orbits around earth scale diagram.svg wikitable style text-align center - English Deutsch Français Marker Distance above earth km Distance from center of earth km - Earth Erde Terre Blue/brown image 0 6370 - Low Earth Orbit LEO Low Earth Orbit Orbite terrestre basse background-color 00FFFF; Cyan area 160 to 2 000 6 530 to 8 370 - Medium Earth Orbit MEO Medium Earth Orbit Orbite moyenne de la terre background-color FFFF00; Yellow area 2 000 to 34 780 8 370 to 41 150 - International Space Station ISS Internationale Raumstation Station spatiale internationale background-color FF0000; Red dotted line 370 6 741 - Global Positioning System GPS satellites Globales Positionsbestimmungssystem Système de positionnement mondial background-color 00C800; Green dash-dot line 20 230 26 600 - Geostationary Orbit GEO Geostationäre Umlaufbahn Orbite géostationnaire background-color 000000;color FFFFFF Black dashed line 35 794 42 164 A scale diagram showing earth and various orbits above it Skalendiagramm der Erde und verschiedener Umlaufbahnen Diagramme échelle montrant la terre et des orbites Created by Commons user Mike1024 Earth based on File Worldmap northern svg 2008-01-16 Image of earth Gringer Scale orbits Mike1024 This image is based on a public domain image File Worldmap northern svg and is released into the public domain Astronomical diagrams Satellites |