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Question:
What is EO-1's orbit?

Answer:
EO-1's descending equatorial crossing time is ~10:00a.m. The satellite is flying in formation with Landsat 7, thus on the World-wide Referencing System-2 (WRS-2). The acquisition from Landsat and EO-1 will be within 1 minute of each other. This orbit is very useful for cross comparisons of the instrument on both spacecrafts.