a rocket carrying the original satellite plummeted into the waters off Antarctica minutes after soaring from Vandenberg Air Force Base along the central California coast.
Does this indicate a polar orbit?
I heard those were harder to reach?
Most climate satellites are polar orbits. As the earth rotates below them, they get very close to full earth coverage. Getting to a polar orbit isn’t significantly harder, they choose the launch sites to make it easier.
yes because the polor vortex is not stationary anymore because of global opps Climate change
Unlikely to have indicated a polar orbit, if it failed before achieving low earth orbit. Generally satellites enter a low earth orbit, with an inclination equal to the launch latitude. Once in low earth orbit, they perform transfer maneuvers. I suppose a polar orbit would be most useful for giving worldwide coverage, so I would not be surprised.