Molniya Orbit: Far Half Time

The far half of the ellipse is centered around apogee. Because the satellite moves slowly there, it spends more than half of its period in that half.

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Concept: Geometrically, the far half is half the ellipse. In time, it is longer than half the period because the satellite is slow near apogee.