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Polar Orbiting Satellites
•Advantages
–Can view polar
regions
–Sensors gather greater
number of photons
•Cheaper sensor
provides good resolution
•Microwave scanners
and sounders can be used
•Disadvantages
–Limited field of view
–Limited number of
passes per day
–Imagery cannot be animated
–Some users
must manually update ephemeris