This video shows the dedicated ground station in White Sands, New Mexico and the path of the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite. SDO is in an inclined geosynchronous orbit and traces a figure-8 every 24 hours. This allows the satellite to keep a continuous, high-data-rate link with the ground.
Credit: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010500/a010558/index.html
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