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paulfromatlanta t1_iy611o2 wrote

I don't understand how it can be both sun-synchronous and flying around the earth at 430 miles up.

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piggyboy2005 t1_iy6brkj wrote

>A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), also called a heliosynchronous orbit,[1] is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time.[2][3] More technically, it is an orbit arranged so that it precesses through one complete revolution each year, so it always maintains the same relationship with the Sun.

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From wikipedia.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit

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great_waldini t1_iy63h54 wrote

I’m thinking it’s just an L1 orbit

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toodroot t1_iy7iqwx wrote

This rocket is a bit small to send this satellite to L1 -- it's in a low earth orbit which happens to be SSO.

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