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Quoting Wikipedia: The spacecraft was placed in a 525 km (326 mi), circular, polar, sun-synchronous orbit for its 10 month mission, during which it has taken 1.5 million images, one every 11 seconds.
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What type of orbit does a weather satellite have and why?
The polar orbit so that it can measure cold and hot points around the entire earth :)
What type of orbit did sputnik 1 have?
It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit.
What type of animal was inside Sputnik 2 when launched into orbit in 1957?
A dog
The type of force that causes a satellite to orbit Earth is a?
Its a centripetal force, whose origin/source is gravitation.
What is the approximate compression of the earths orbit around the sun?
The Earth's orbit is almost circular. Technically, the "eccentricity" of the orbit is about 0.0167.
WICTH way does earth orbit?
it orbit's clock wise
What is the polar orbit used for and why?
a polar orbit is not a type of geosyhchronous orbit.
What is orbit gum?
a tasty type of gum
What type of orbit does Earth move in?
Elliptical.
What is a gps satellite's orbit type?
Geosynchronous
What is the type of path a planet takes?
orbit
What is a usual type of orbit of a comet?
elliptical
What kind of orbit does comets have?
type in the green search box " What Does the Orbit Of A Comet Look Like" and it will give you the answer.. THANK YOU
Is a asteroid's orbit elliptical?
Yes. They orbit the Sun and as per Kepler's first law they follow an elliptical path. Do note that a circular orbit is a special type of elliptical orbit.
What do all the planetsorbit and in what direstion?
They all orbit our sun in the counter clock wise direction as viewed from above our north pole.
Which type of satellite has the largest footprint?
equatorial orbit
What type of celestial object does your planet orbit?
A star.
