Matching Pairs Types of artificial satellitesOnline version Une los términos con su definición. by Yanet Rivero 1 GEO satellite 2 Geostationary orbit 3 HEO satellites 4 MEO satellites 5 Satellite state 6 LEO satellites Orbits the Earth in 24 hours, but always stays over the same geographical point. Located over the Equator at a distance of 35 786 km above sea level. Orbits the Earth at a distance below 20 000 km. Their orbit is not circular but rather elliptical, and their speed varies according to the elliptical point. Nation that is dominated politically or economically by another. Orbit the Earth at an altitude below 1500 km, just above the ionosphere. It travels at high speeds over the same geographical point several times on one day.