Question

What is the difference between a geostationary satellite and a polar satellite?

Answer 1

Answer:

Geo-stationary satellite is a special type of geo-synchronous satellite and a polar satellite is a special type of sun-synchronous satellite. Geostationary Satellites have a circular orbit that lies in the plane of the earth's equator while Polar Satellites are a type of sun-synchronous satellites.

Answer 2

The satellites which revolve near the poles of the earth are called polar satellites.

The satellites whose period of revolution is exactly same as the period of revolution of axial motion of earth are called geostationary satellites.

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