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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Polar Orbiting Satellite Polar Orbiting Satellite --
A weather satellite which travels over both poles each time it orbits the Earth. It orbits about 530 miles (850 km) above the Earth's surface. A satellite with an orbit nearly parallel to the earth's meridian lines which crosses the polar regions on each orbit.
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