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Polar orbit

Polar orbit is perpendicular to the equator. The inclination of this orbit is 90 degrees. The orbit track of the polar satellite is going over all the latitudes of the Earth, unlike satellites with the orbit’s inclination lower than 90°.

Сassiope satellite​

This Canadian satellite with a weight 500 kg is made for scientific research and connection (picture 1). It was launched on the polar orbit with the perigee (the lower point) 317 km and the apogee (the higher point) 1283 km.

Cassiope satellite

Picture 1. Cassiope satellite

Visualization of polar orbit in AR​

Let’s add Cassiope satellite with the NORAD ID 39265.

You can see in AR how the orbit looks (picture 2):

Orbit of Cassiope satellite

Picture 2. Orbit of Cassiope satellite

You can see the orbital altitude in the top left corner of the screen.