Re:UK spaceport proposed for Sutherland site
by andygates on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @08:42AM
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Sun-Synchronous orbits. Earth observing satellites like them, they're good when launched from high altitude, and a lot of the newspace smallsat market is in earth-obs with modern optics and processing.
A sun-sync orbit keeps the satellite in the sun (out of Earth's shadow) and typically peels a whole pass of the planet every few days, IIRC.
A sun-sync orbit keeps the satellite in the sun (out of Earth's shadow) and typically peels a whole pass of the planet every few days, IIRC.
(also Polar orbits, but there are fewer of those)