I'm designing the feedback control of a CubeSat which shall always points towards the Sun.
For attitude determination I use a magnetometer and a Sun sensor while for control 8 cold gas thruster and 4 CMGs.
Since I need my Sat to point towards the Sun I wanted to use a Sun-synchronous orbit so that i don't need to consider eclipses.
Are there other orbits which i'm ignoring that might do the job even better?
Thanks in advance.
Dear Eduardo Polli
A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO, also called a heliosynchronous orbit is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time. More technically, it is an orbit arranged so that it precesses through one complete revolution each year, so it always maintains the same relationship with the Sun.
Thank you for answering, but i know what a heliosynchronous orbit is. I just wanted to know if there is a better orbit for the task.
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