surface-based

Am I right in thinking that most surface-based observers will not usually see satellites in polar orbits pass over the celestial poles/pole star?

Polar orbits nwhyte 2009

Aquarius, despite its limited budget, supports one of the longest-running and detailed coral reef programs in the world, and also includes ocean observing platforms and surface-based research.

Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011

Aquarius, despite its limited budget, supports one of the longest-running and detailed coral reef programs in the world, and also includes ocean observing platforms and surface-based research.

Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011

Unlike the climate center's surface-based temperatures, UAH's data are based on instruments aboard satellites from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that measure the temperature of the atmosphere from the surface up to an altitude of about 5 miles above sea level.

2010 tied for Earth's warmest year on record 2011

Aquarius, despite its limited budget, supports one of the longest-running and detailed coral reef programs in the world, and also includes ocean observing platforms and surface-based research.

Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011

Aquarius, despite its limited budget, supports one of the longest-running and detailed coral reef programs in the world, and also includes ocean observing platforms and surface-based research.

Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011

Aquarius, despite its limited budget, supports one of the longest-running and detailed coral reef programs in the world, and also includes ocean observing platforms and surface-based research.

Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011

Aquarius, despite its limited budget, supports one of the longest-running and detailed coral reef programs in the world, and also includes ocean observing platforms and surface-based research.

Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011

Unlike the climate center's surface-based temperatures, UAH's data are based on instruments aboard satellites from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that measure the temperature of the atmosphere from the surface up to an altitude of about 5 miles above sea level.

2010 tied for Earth's warmest year on record 2011

These in turn are needed to better understand if climate conditions in the past may have supported liquid water, and for optimizing the design of future surface-based assets at Mars.

Ozone on Mars: Two Windows Better Than One | Universe Today 2010