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GNSS satellites (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, etc) are not in geostationary orbits. Being in a geostationary orbit would put them in fixed "locations" in the
by duskwuff 7y ago
GNSS satellites (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, etc) are not in geostationary orbits. Being in a geostationary orbit would put them in fixed "locations" in the sky, making them easily blocked by terrain and entirely unusable at high latitudes.
GPS satellites are in MEO, at ~20 km MSL. Other GNSS satellites use similar orbits.
- duskwuff 7y ago(Just noticed a minor error: GNSS orbits are roughly 20k km, not 20 km!)