heliosynchronous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Describing an orbit around the Earth where each passage in the same direction along a given latitude will occur throughout the year at the same true solar time.
Describing an orbit around the Sun in which the period of revolution is the same as the Sun's period of rotation.

heliosynchronous

From helio- + synchronous.

Sun-synchronous

geostationary geosynchronous heliostationary

heliosynchronous orbit

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