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WalterBrighttoday at 5:05 AM1 replyview on HN

> you'd have no solar power half the time

Polar orbit.


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wooooootoday at 5:28 AM

Seasons mess that up unless you're burning fuel to make minor plane changes every day. Otherwise you have an equinox where your plane faces the sun (equivalent to an equatorial orbit) and a solstice where your plane is parallel to the sun (the ideal case).

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