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Image Enabling & Support Polar and Sun-synchronous orbit 02/03/2020 102384 views 253 likes View
16 Feb 2026 00:06 GMT
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Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) is a particular kind of polar orbit. Satellites in SSO … , travelling over the polar regions, are synchronous with … shadows them. A satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit would usually be at …
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Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process
19 Feb 2026 22:35 GMT
… the new constellation in sun-synchronous orbit, meaning the spacecraft would fly … syndrome.
One estimate from satellite tracking website Orbiting Now puts the number … to fly its new satellites in a sun-synchronous orbit, meaning for much …
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Measuring the Big Bang with the COBE satellite
19 Feb 2026 09:22 GMT
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The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE) went up on a … , 1989, into a polar sun-synchronous orbit 900 km up. Our team … announced opportunities to propose new satellite missions. I had just finished …
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Sateliot to launch satellites with PLD Space
17 Feb 2026 18:26 GMT
… its existing 15-kilogram satellites that provide Internet of … 500 kilograms into sun-synchronous orbit. The company currently plans … Spanish private mission, involving satellites built in and operated … . By launching our satellites with a Spanish company …
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Smart Dragon 3 rocket lifts off at sea with seven satellites
12 Feb 2026 13:09 GMT
… in Guangdong province, sending seven satellites into space.
The rocket blasted … tons into a typical sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 … the Yellow Sea, placing 14 satellites into orbit. All nine of its …
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How access to critical minerals will determine the new world order
24 Feb 2026 10:35 GMT
… Moon? Because Earth’s only satellite has no claimants for its … !
Our planet’s only natural satellite contains vast, untapped deposits of … location for placing satellites into polar and sun-synchronous orbits; its high-latitude …
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Russia Launched Military Satellites, Likely for Reconnaissance, Into Space
07 Feb 2026 09:25 GMT
… to a near-polar sun-synchronous orbit with an inclination of about … launched three Rassvet communications satellites into orbit for the Moscow-based company … confidential information transmitted by the satellites. Both spacecraft made risky approaches …
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SpaceX’s 1 Million AI Satellite Plan Clears First FCC Hurdle
06 Feb 2026 00:58 GMT
… for a new non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite system that could ultimately … km, using sun-synchronous and inclined orbits. The satellites would rely heavily on … Performance Report, low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services — led overwhelmingly by SpaceX …
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SpaceX Acquires xAI to Pursue Orbital Data Center Constellation
03 Feb 2026 03:56 GMT
… linked constellation of solar-powered satellites “with unprecedented computing capacity to … and 30 degrees and Sun-Synchronous Orbit inclinations (SSO). SpaceX said it … different versions of the satellites for different orbital shells.
The FCC filing …
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Opinion: SpaceX’s satellite data center plan is unhinged
03 Feb 2026 02:47 GMT
… . Some satellites will be placed in high-altitude, “sun-synchronous” orbits to capture … -intensive AI workloads.” Other satellites in lower orbits will help load-balance … increase drag, which can alter satellite orbits.
SpaceX said the proposed constellation …