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	4