A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), also called a heliosynchronous orbit, is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given...
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A synchronous orbit is an orbit in which an orbiting body (usually a satellite) has a period equal to the average rotational period of the body being orbited...
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close to) either 90 degrees or −90 degrees. Polar Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO): A nearly polar orbit that passes the equator at the same local solar time...
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orbit to provide telecommunications services. Near-polar orbiting satellites commonly choose a Sun-synchronous orbit, where each successive orbital pass...
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gravitational forces from the Sun and Moon will in general perturb the orbital plane. For a Sun-synchronous orbit, the precession of the orbital plane caused by the...
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India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, only...
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Tesla Roadster to a heliocentric orbit extending past the orbit of Mars, DART to the asteroid Didymos, Euclid to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, and Psyche...
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rotation. Most commercial Earth-observing satellites use retrograde Sun-synchronous orbits to ensure that observations are performed at the same local time...
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Satellite (section Orbit and altitude control)
to a fixed point on the ground). Some imaging satellites chose a Sun-synchronous orbit because they can scan the entire globe with similar lighting. As...
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Tianlong-3 (section Orbital Insertion Accuracy)
launch services for medium-sized payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO) and sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). The first stage of the Tianlong-3 is equipped with...
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