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What is the angle between the equatorial plane and the orbital plane of (a) Polar satellitee ? (b) Geostationary satellite?

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Consider the diagram where plane of geostationary and polar satellite are shown.

(a) Angle between the equatorial plane and orbital plane of a polar satellite is `90^(@)`
(b) Angle between equatorial and orbital plane of a geostationary satellite is `0^(@)`
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