Hello DAVID,

On Friday March 28 2008 22:44, you wrote to mark lewis:

 DW> I guess that's when the sun is well away from the ISS's orbital plane.
 DW>  In the extreme case, if the orbit were perpendicular to the direction
 DW>  toward the sun, the station would spend 100% of the time in sunlight.
 DW>  However, this never actually happens, since the orbit is nowhere near
 DW>  polar.

It can come close though. Remember that for 100% sunlight, it should not be
a polar orbit, but an orbit perpendicular to the ecliptic....


Cheers, Michiel

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