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To: publius911

Sun synchronous, around 98 degrees inclination -


59 posted on 03/02/2015 8:33:05 PM PST by CMB_polarization
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To: CMB_polarization
Sun synchronous, around 98 degrees inclination -

The "sun-synchronous" part had me puzzled. Still does a bit. Although I was a civil engineer, not too much orbital mechanics other than simple ephemeris data for azimuth observations and navigation are ever required in that discipline.

I believe, now, that the difference between Sun synchronous and regular polar orbits is that a) pretty much most of the earth is covered, and
b) when it repeatedly returns to over any specific area it does so at the same local time of day.

106 posted on 03/03/2015 6:48:30 PM PST by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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