[FPSPACE] First Israeli-built SAR satellite slated to be launched by India this week

[Chris Jones]

Geoff Richards wrote:
>> I also don't see the advantages of a sun-synchronous
>> orbit for a radar satellite.
> 
> You can keep high-power instruments operating for long periods because the 
> satellite never enters eclipse.

That would be a particular kind of sun-synchronous orbit, one which tracks
the terminator (something an orbit in a 142 degree inclination would not
do).