What should the swath width of a sensor be with a sun synchronous orbit with an altitude of 700km if you only want to cover 1/3 of the equator each day? How would you calculate this step by step? The lens diameter of the sensor is 20cm and the focal length is 1.5 m with a ground resolution of 100m.
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