Talk:Artificial satellites in retrograde orbit

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Artificial satellites are rarely placed in retrograde orbit. / Most commercial earth observing satellites use retrograde orbit

These two statements seem contradictory, unless commercial earth observation is rare. Chris857 (talk) 20:29, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe this was Samos 2? Mystery train (talk) 07:20, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]