A High Earth Orbit is a geocentric orbit whose apogee lies above that of a geosynchronous orbit (35,786 km) [ [http://gcmd.nasa.gov/User/suppguide/platforms/orbit.html Orbit ] ] .
Examples of satellites in High Earth Orbit
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