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Sun-synchronous orbit
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Sun-synchronous_orbit
GPTKB entity
Statements (77)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
orbit type
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
heliosynchronous orbit
gptkbp:characteristic
precesses around Earth at the same rate that Earth orbits the Sun
gptkbp:elevation
600 km to 800 km
gptkbp:feature
passes over the same part of Earth at the same local solar time
nearly polar orbit
nodal precession
retrograde orbit
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Sun-synchronous orbit
gptkbp:inclination
96° to 99°
gptkbp:introducedIn
1960s
gptkbp:period
about 96 to 100 minutes
gptkbp:usedBy
gptkb:Aqua_satellite
gptkb:Envisat
gptkb:Landsat_satellites
gptkb:Terra_satellite
gptkb:BlackSky_satellites
gptkb:COSMO-SkyMed_satellites
gptkb:Capella_satellites
gptkb:Cartosat-2C_satellite
gptkb:Cartosat-2D_satellite
gptkb:Cartosat-2E_satellite
gptkb:Cartosat-2F_satellite
gptkb:Cartosat-2_series
gptkb:DMC_satellites
gptkb:ERS-1_satellite
gptkb:ERS-2_satellite
gptkb:ERS_satellites
gptkb:Fengyun_satellites
gptkb:Formosat_satellites
gptkb:GHGSat_satellites
gptkb:Gaofen_satellites
gptkb:Himawari_satellites
gptkb:ICEYE_satellites
gptkb:IKONOS_satellite
gptkb:IRS_satellites
gptkb:KOMPSAT_satellites
gptkb:Kanopus-V-3_satellite
gptkb:Kanopus-V-4_satellite
gptkb:Kanopus-V-5_satellite
gptkb:Kanopus-V-6_satellite
gptkb:Kanopus-V-IK_satellite
gptkb:Kanopus-V_satellites
gptkb:MODIS_satellites
gptkb:MetOp_satellites
gptkb:Meteor-M_satellites
gptkb:NOAA-20_satellite
gptkb:PRISMA_satellite
gptkb:PlanetScope_satellites
gptkb:Pleiades_satellites
gptkb:QuickBird_satellite
gptkb:Radarsat-2_satellite
gptkb:Radarsat_satellites
gptkb:ResourceSat_satellites
gptkb:SAR-Lupe_satellites
gptkb:SPOT-6_satellite
gptkb:SPOT-7_satellite
gptkb:SPOT_satellites
gptkb:Suomi_NPP_satellite
gptkb:TIRS_satellites
gptkb:TeLEOS-1_satellite
gptkb:WorldView-3_satellite
gptkb:WorldView-4_satellite
gptkb:WorldView_satellites
gptkb:Ziyuan_satellites
gptkb:Sentinel_satellites
gptkb:JPSS_satellites
gptkb:NOAA_weather_satellites
gptkb:Cartosat_satellites
gptkb:Dove_satellites
gptkb:SkySat_satellites
gptkbp:usedFor
gptkb:weather_satellites
remote sensing
Earth observation satellites
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:satellite
gptkb:TRACE
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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