Sun-sync orbit?

[MattWriter]

The DARPA solicitation for the new FALCON small launch vehicle program
specifies the requirement to put a satellite in "sun synchronous orbit" at 450
km at "79 degree inclination." I'd always assumed sun-synchronous orbits had
to be above 90 degrees - 97 or 98 is a common example. Is is possible to have
a sun-synch orbit at 79?

Thanks,


Matt Bille
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[Henry Spencer]

In article >,
MattWriter > wrote:
>The DARPA solicitation for the new FALCON small launch vehicle program
>specifies the requirement to put a satellite in "sun synchronous orbit" at 450
>km at "79 degree inclination." I'd always assumed sun-synchronous orbits had
>to be above 90 degrees - 97 or 98 is a common example. Is is possible to have
>a sun-synch orbit at 79?

No, at least not in the usual sense of the word. It's probably a misprint
for 97.
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