| 41. | "We are confident " of being able to put the craft into a polar orbit around the moon, said Kasturirangan.
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| 42. | Vandenberg, about 180 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is the launch site for payloads being placed in a polar orbit.
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| 43. | It was the first satellite launched toward the South Pole in an attempt to achieve polar orbit, but was unsuccessful.
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| 44. | Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and would have been the first mission to enter polar orbit.
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| 45. | The satellite was intended to go into polar orbit in 2008 and monitor the climate for up to four years.
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| 46. | Less frequently, California's Vandenberg Air Force Base dispatches similar payloads launched by rockets on a southerly course into polar orbits.
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| 47. | To get ( nearly ) global coverage with a low orbit it must be a polar orbit or nearly so.
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| 48. | The 250-ton Delta II will carry five Iridium satellites out over the Pacific and into a polar orbit around the planet.
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| 49. | It is currently in a polar orbit around Mars with an altitude of about 3, 800 km or 2, 400 miles.
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| 50. | The reference Vega mission is a polar orbit bringing a spacecraft of 1, 500 kilograms to an altitude of 700 kilometers.
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