POLAR ORBIT

Satellite Communications Glossary

Satellite Communications — Polar Orbit

Information on Polar Orbit

When the satellite rotates in an orbit over the north and south poles, it is called a polar orbit. Polar orbits are commonly used with low earth orbit satellites.

Other topics in our resources on Satellite Communications related to Polar Orbit include: 

Kepler's Laws Geosynchronous orbit satellite orbit low earth orbit (LEO) medium earth orbit (MEO)

highly elliptical orbit (HEO) geostationary earth orbit (GEO) equatorial orbit period

intermediate circular orbit (ICO) line of apsides descending node azimuth

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