Research Article
A Novel Technique to Compute the Revisit Time of Satellites and Its Application in Remote Sensing Satellite Optimization Design
Table 4
The orbital parameters and mission characteristics of two satellites.
| Parameters | HJ-1A | P6 satellite |
| Orbit | Repeating Sun-synchronous | Repeating Sun-synchronous | Altitude (km) | 649.093 | 816.964 | Inclination (°) | 97.9486 | 98.6799 | Repeat cycle | 457 orbits within 31 days | 341 orbits within 24 days | value | | | Swath (km) | 720 | 141 | Tilting capacity (°) | 0 | 26 |
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