article_snippet: Some satellites, like Landsat 7 and 8, orbit from pole to pole, known as a polar orbit.
article_snippet: This allows Some satellites, like Landsat 7 and 8, orbit from pole to pole, known as a polar orbit to see almost the entirety of Earth as the globe rotates underneath Some satellites, like Landsat 7 and 8, orbit from pole to pole, known as a polar orbit.
highlights_snippet: Many Earth-observing satellites orbit pole to pole to see the whole planet .