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Why can the entire surface of the Earth be viewed with the help of a polar satellite?
- ABecause it orbits in an equatorial plane.
- BBecause it orbits in a north-south direction while the Earth rotates from west to east.
- CBecause it is geostationary.
- DBecause it remains at a fixed point above the Earth.
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