polar orbit

By admin_wla | Tue, 4 Feb 2014 - 12:13
An orbit with an orbital inclination of near 90 degrees where the satellite ground track will cross both polar regions once during each orbit. The term is used to describe the near-polar orbits of spacecraft such as the USA's NOAA/TIROS and Landsat satellites. Source: NASA (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Glossary)