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Old March 8th 09, 04:54 AM posted to sci.space.shuttle
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Default Plotting an orbit

When they show a plot of an eclipse or the orbit of the space shuttle
it always makes a sine wave.
Are there any satellites going around the earth at the poles instead
of the equator?

Does their orbit make a sine wave?
 




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