Sentence examples for polar orbit from inspiring English sources

Completion of the orbital insertion placed the orbiter in a highly elliptical polar orbit with a period of approximately 35.5 hours.

"Polar orbit established.

CryoSat circles Earth in a polar orbit.

The orbit of SPORT is an elliptical solar polar orbit.

Like later reconnaissance satellites, it was placed in a low polar orbit.

The data used in the map was obtained from satellites in polar orbit.

The satellite has a near-polar orbit, circling the earth in a north-south orientation.

July 23 , 1972ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS), later christened Landsat 1, was launched into a near-polar orbit.

All three satellites are in a near-polar orbit.

The Swarm constellation was launched on November 22, 2013, into a near-polar orbit.

CHAMP was launched in July 2000 into a circular, near-polar orbit with an inclination of 87°.