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polar-orbiting satellite

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 575982 Last modified 03.12.2025
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Domain space travelspacecraft & rockets
  • satelliit, mille orbiidi tasand läbib Maa keskpunkti ja on ekvaatori tasandi suhtes nii suure nurga all, et satelliit näeb igal ülelennul polaarpiirkonda
  • satellite with an orbit that lies in a plane passing through the centre of the Earth and is inclined to the equatorial plane such that the subpoint track traverses polar latitudes on every orbit
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    • See also: polar orbit [ IATE:1475499 ]
satelliit polaarorbiidil
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  • Satelliit polaarorbiidil lendab üle mõlema pooluse ja risti üle ekvaatori, kuna Maakera satelliidi all pöörleb on võimalik niimoodi katta ära kogu maapind.
  • Polaarorbiidil lendavad satelliidid võivad kogu Maa hõlmata ühe ööpäevaga.
polar-orbiting satellite
Usage examples
  • NOAA polar-orbiting satellites have collected data for most of the past 50 years, enabling scientists and researchers to accumulate a very extensive picture of climate change.

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