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Altitude 705 km (Nominal) Ground Track Equator Inclination 98.2° Orbit Period 98.9 minutes Satellite Orbit Time of Day 10:30 am (Local) Example of a sun-synchronous polar orbit with an orbital altitude of 705 km above the Earth’s surface, an orbital peri- od of 98.9 minutes, resulting in 14.3 orbits per day, and an orbital inclination of 98.2° at the Equator. Sun-synchronous orbits are specified in terms of the time of day they cross the equator on the sunlit side of the orbit (10:30 am local time in this Terra example).

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Page 1: Altitude 705 km (Nominal) · Satellite Orbit Orbit Period 98.9 minutes Time of Day 10:30 am (Local) Example of a sun-synchronous polar orbit with an orbital altitude of 705 km above

Altitude 705 km (Nominal)

Ground Track

EquatorInclination 98.2°

Orbit Period 98.9 minutesSatellite Orbit

Time of Day 10:30 am (Local)

Example of a sun-synchronous polarorbit with an orbital altitude of 705 kmabove the Earth’s surface, an orbital peri-od of 98.9 minutes, resulting in 14.3orbits per day, and an orbital inclinationof 98.2° at the Equator. Sun-synchronousorbits are specified in terms of the time ofday they cross the equator on the sunlitside of the orbit (10:30 am local time inthis Terra example).