A small satellite in an elliptical orbit around earth:

The apoapsis is 100,000 km from the centre of the earth (periapsis approximately 14,350 km).
The satellite's speed at the apoapsis is 1 km/sec (periapsis approximately 7 km/sec).
Each orbit takes just over one and a half days.



The screenshot was taken using Gravel v2.0.1's trace (NUMPAD-DEL) and break (B) facilities on a Pentium II 350Mhz using the following Gravel Scene:

/**************************************************************************

    Gravel v2 Scene
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Z(6e-6),
V(4e7,0),

object
{
    "Earth",       /* Name             */
    (128,128,255), /* Colour   (RGB)   */
    5.9736e+24,    /* Mass     (kg)    */
    5.515001e+03,  /* Density  (kg/m3) */ 
    <0,0>,         /* Location (m)     */
    <0,0>          /* Velocity (m/s)   */
},

object
{
    "Satellite",   /* Name             */
    (255,255,255), /* Colour   (RGB)   */
    1,             /* Mass     (kg)    */
    2.387324e-01,  /* Density  (kg/m3) */ 
    <1e8,0>,       /* Location (m)     */
    <0,1000>       /* Velocity (m/s)   */
} 

The initial orbital velocity of any satellite's orbit can be calculated using the Orbital Velocity Calculator.