A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), also called a heliosynchronous orbit, is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given...

A synchronous orbit is an orbit in which an orbiting body (usually a satellite) has a period equal to the average rotational period of the body being orbited...

close to) either 90 degrees or −90 degrees. Polar Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO): A nearly polar orbit that passes the equator at the same local solar time...

orbit to provide telecommunications services. Near-polar orbiting satellites commonly choose a sun-synchronous orbit, where each successive orbital pass...

payload masses). SpaceX held a successful launch of the first commercial orbital human space flight on 30 May 2020, crewed with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley...

India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, only...

demonstration payload to a heliocentric orbit extending past the orbit of Mars, DART and Hera to the asteroid Didymos, Euclid to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, Psyche...

and Moon will in general perturb the orbital plane. For a Sun-synchronous orbit, the precession of the orbital plane caused by the oblateness of the...

at least 12 tonnes of payload in low Earth orbit and at least 6 tonnes in a 700 km Sun-synchronous orbit. Its first launch took place on November 30...

launch a payload of up to 3.5 tons into low Earth orbit and up to 2.4 tons into a sun—synchronous orbit. The height of the "Angara-1.2" is about 41.5 m...

rotation. Most commercial Earth-observing satellites use retrograde Sun-synchronous orbits to ensure that observations are performed at the same local time...

subsynchronous orbit is an orbit of a satellite that is nearer the planet than it would be if it were in synchronous orbit, i.e. the orbital period is less...

A semi-synchronous orbit is an orbit with a period equal to half the average rotational period of the body being orbited, and in the same direction as...

launch services for medium-sized payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO) and sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). The first stage of the Tianlong-3 is equipped with...

until further notice due to a needed hardware update. The orbit will be a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO), dawn-to-dusk type. The planned mission life is three...

an inclination of (or very close to) 90 degrees. Polar Sun synchronous orbit A nearly polar orbit that passes the equator at the same local time on every...

rotation rate over the course of a complete orbit. In the case where a tidally locked body possesses synchronous rotation, the object takes just as long to...

000 kg of payload into a 200 km low Earth orbit and 4,000 kg of payload into a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. In May 2019, LandSpace performed test firings...

low Earth orbit (500 km (310 mi)) or 300 kg (660 lb) payload to Sun-synchronous orbit (500 km (310 mi)). The rocket supports multi-orbital drop-offs capability...

NOAA-19 was launched on 6 February 2009. NOAA-19 is in an afternoon Sun-synchronous orbit and is intended to replace NOAA-18 as the prime afternoon spacecraft...

advantage of the Earth's rotation. Other useful LEO orbits including polar orbits and Sun-synchronous orbits have a higher inclinations to the equator and provide...

including missions to low Earth orbit, Sun-synchronous orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, and Earth-Moon transfer orbit. The new-generation carrier rockets...

meteorological satellites. Launched since 1988 into polar Sun-synchronous and geosynchronous orbit, each three-axis stabilized Fengyun satellite is built...

small satellites of mass up to 250 kg to low Earth orbit and up to 150 kg to sun-synchronous orbit by the private spaceflight company Space One. It consists...

better sense of value of this when satellites have raised orbits & arrays are tracking to the sun" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 7, 2022...

small satellites will be tested. The satellite was deployed in Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 475 km. LituanicaSAT-2 is a part of a network...

Cyclone-4M rockets by Pivdenne Design Office to launch polar and Sun-synchronous orbit from Canso, Nova Scotia. MLS is a joint venture of three U.S.-based...

diameter. It can deliver 400 kg (880 lb) to low Earth orbit or 300 kg (660 lb) to 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. The first launch of a Ceres-1 took place at 7...

each orbit, allowing a different section of the globe to be scanned with each orbit. Most are in Sun-synchronous orbits. A geostationary orbit, at 36...

a polar, Sun-synchronous orbit, meaning it scans across the entire Earth's surface. With an altitude of 705 km (438 mi), it takes 232 orbits, or 16 days...