There are satellites that use this (highly elliptical orbits) to spend most of their time (near perihelion) over a target area. One useful tool for thinking ab

There are satellites that use this (highly elliptical orbits) to spend most of their time (near perihelion) over a target area. One useful tool for thinking about orbits is that the swept area per time is constant so the farther out in orbit you are the lower the proportional angular velocity.