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There are actually none. We currently lack the technology to deliver sufficient delta-V to put an object into a sun-synchronous orbit (an orbit that hangs over a fixed point on the surface of the sun). Such an orbit would seem to serve no purpose.Perhaps you mean something else by the term.
He seems to be referring to a Solar-synchronous orbit. This is a polar orbit which precesses at a rate equal to a Solar day.
Quote from: Janus on 05/02/2021 17:29:50He seems to be referring to a Solar-synchronous orbit. This is a polar orbit which precesses at a rate equal to a Solar day.Ah, I was picturing something that hovered over one point on the sun, for some unfathomable reason. This is something orbiting Earth, not the sun.How do they get a polar orbit to precess all the way around once per year? Expend energy?Seems like it would be at geosync altitude on average, but different orbital axis.It need not be a circular orbit at all, and would benefit from being furthest from Earth in the day to give more time to measure stuff. Such an eccentric orbit also keeps it out of the high-contention geosync path.
Quote from: Halc on 05/02/2021 13:23:09There are actually none. We currently lack the technology to deliver sufficient delta-V to put an object into a sun-synchronous orbit (an orbit that hangs over a fixed point on the surface of the sun). Such an orbit would seem to serve no purpose.Perhaps you mean something else by the term.Also, I`d like to mention rocket XL It is a light class launch vehicle, intended for placing payloads into Sun- Synchronous Orbit. As I have alredy mentioned Sun-synchronous orbit is useful for weather satellites, scientific satellites and microsatellites, for some microstellites and for some launch vehicle that are used for microgravity missions and experiments