Side-by-side cylinders at a 20 degree inclination.
The satellites are located in middle circular orbit at 19,100 km altitude with a 64.8 degree inclination and a period of 11 hours and 15 minutes.
There was insufficient fuel aboard because the satellite was orbiting at a 51 degree inclination to the equator and changing the inclination requires a lot of energy, Hughes officials said.
It is in a 450 km altitude, -98 degree inclination sun-synchronous orbit.
PICOSat flies in a 800 km circular orbit with a 67 degree inclination.
The need for a "plane change" to the zero degree inclination of geostationary orbit is eliminated, providing a major extra launch "boost".
As fragments fell on Cuba, subsequent launches from Cape Canaveral flew a dogleg trajectory to reach 70 degree inclination.
Often an indicator for a 45 degree inclination is included.
In the tephigram, isotherms are straight and have a 45 degree inclination to the right while isobars are horizontal and have a slight curve.
Dry adiabats are also straight and have a 45 degree inclination to the left while moist adiabats are curved.