UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Polar (sun synchronous) Orbit
•Satellite altitude:
about 725 km / 450 miles
•98 degree inclination
angle
–By convention, inclination measured as angle between the equator and
path traced by satellite as it moves northward
•Sensor can view a
swath approximately 2,600 kilometers (1,650 miles)
wide
•The earth rotates
about 25.4 degrees during one complete 100-minute
orbit