Space Norway ASBM to Molniya Orbit 🚀

Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) launches from a SpaceX Falcon 9 in deep fog at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the California coast. The ultimate destination is a polar Molniya orbit that is quite far from the Earth's surface in the arctic but close to the Earth in the antarctic, thus allowing two satellites 180 degrees out of phase to provide continuous coverage over the high northern regions.

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credit: SpaceX