Image:Tilted orbit half speed 256x256.gif

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This animation shows the ground tracks of a constellation of 4 satellites that orbits the earth at a constant altitude, taking two sidereal days to circumnavigate the earth. All four satellite orbits in the same plane. In this animation the plane of the orbit is tilted with respect to the plane of the equator. In the case of very high altitude satellite orbit, the only force that is at play is newtonian gravity. The shape of the satelllite's ground track is a great circle. What is shown in the animation is the motion of the ground tracks with respect to inertial space.

Smaller (256x128 pixels) version of this animation Image:Tilted_orbit_half_speed_256x128.gif

Created: Uploaded to wikipedia on 24 february 2007

Author: Cleonis

I, the author of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License v. 2.5: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/

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• (del) (cur) 10:39, 24 February 2007 . . Cleonis (Talk | contribs) . . 256×256 (130,342 bytes) ('''Description:'''<br/> This animation shows the ground tracks of a constellation of 4 satellites that orbits the earth at a constant altitude, taking two sidereal days to circumnavigate the earth. All four satellite orbits in the same plane. In this anim)

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