[loandbehold]

the only "eclipse" in sun-synchronous orbit is when moon is between the satellite and the sun, which is very rare and lasts less than a minute.

[lovich]

Yes, but it’s a guaranteed event, so it needs to be accounted for if you’re serious about engineering.

The accounting could just be, we accept that downtime, it’s all calculated in advance and we’ll prepare the system for it, but it still needs to be considered.