SDO Figure 8

  • Released Thursday, January 21, 2010
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This video shows the dedicated ground station in White Sands, New Mexico and the path of the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite. SDO is in an inclined geosynchronous orbit and traces a figure-8 every 24 hours. This allows the satellite to keep a continuous, high-data-rate link with the ground.



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Walt Feimer NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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This page was originally published on Thursday, January 21, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.


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