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What is the difference between sun synchronous polar orbit and a synchronous polar orbit?
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A synchronous polar orbit satallite crosses the equator at the same time each day while the sun synchronous polar satellite appears in the sky at the same time every few days. the sun synchronous allow for greater temporal and spatial monitoring under same conditions and also have finer resolution as the polar synchronous imagery is at the continental scale.
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What is a polar orbit used for?
From a polar orbit, a satellite can observe over time anypoint on the globe from directly above it.
What orbit would allow a satellite to see all parts of the globe?
A polar orbit or high-inclination orbit. In polar orbit, the satellite passes over the world from pole to pole, while the Earth spins beneath it. Each orbit would cover a different area.
Some satellites are put into an orbit around the earths poles what is this type of orbit called?
Circum polar satellites.
Is the ISS a geostationary orbit or a polar orbit?
Neither. A polar orbit means that the station orbits at an inclination of about 90 degrees North (or South). This can occur at any reasonable altitude (apogee or perigee), typically around 250 and 350 miles. A geostationary orbit MUST have an inclination of 0 degrees--above the equator; AND have an apogee/perigee between 22,000--23,000 miles. The ISS was built and intended to be visited by the Space Shuttle. The Space Shuttle was incapable of orbiting higher than 500 miles. So if the ISS were in a geosynchronous orbit, the Shuttle could never have reached it. One of the disadvantages of a polar orbit is that one loses the velocity benefit of Earth's Eastward rotation. It takes extra fuel to place the same payload at the same altitude in a polar orbit, versus a typical Eastward orbit. The ISS is in a Low-Earth orbit with an apogee/perigee of about 250 miles, and an inclination of about 57 degrees.
What are some uses of satellites orbiting the earth?
The difference is in the tilt of the plane of the orbit relative to the Earth's equator, which is zero for geostationary and 90 degrees for polar-orbit.
What is the polar orbit used for and why?
a polar orbit is not a type of geosyhchronous orbit.
What type of orbit does WISE have?
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.
What orbit are monitoring satellites put into?
Polar orbit
What type of electronegativity difference exists between atoms in a covalent bond?
If the electronegativity difference between two atoms is less than 1.7, then a covalent bond is formed between the two atoms.
What is the difference between polar fleece and cotton fabric?
cotton's a fibre polar fleece is a fabric
What is the difference between a covalent bond that is polar and one that is not?
the polar one is less stable than the non-polar one
What is the difference between covalent bond that is polar and one that is not?
the polar one is less stable than the non-polar one
What is a polar orbit used for?
From a polar orbit, a satellite can observe over time anypoint on the globe from directly above it.
Why is Oxygen not a polar molecule?
A molecule is polar if there is a difference in electronegativity between two atoms that are bonded together. Since there is no difference in electronegativity between two oxygen atoms, O2 is nonpolar.
Is C-F polar or nonpolar?
Polar covalent. There is a significant difference in electronegativity between C and F.
Is C N polar or nonpolar?
Polar covalent. There is a significant difference in electronegativity between C and F.
Is the bond between H Cl and C polar?
The S-Cl bond is polar. The electronegativity difference between S and Cl is 0.58, which means it is polar.
