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Isn’t GLONASS in geostationary orbit like NAVSTAR/GPS? This would be a fixed orbital distance from Earth. You may be thinking of highly-elliptical molniya/ligh
by xattt 2y ago
Isn’t GLONASS in geostationary orbit like NAVSTAR/GPS? This would be a fixed orbital distance from Earth.
You may be thinking of highly-elliptical molniya/lightning orbits (1), which enabled state TV broadcasts for high-lat places in Siberia.
(1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molniya_orbit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molniya_orbit
- rcxdude 2y agoGps isn't in geostationary orbit. They're in medium earth orbit and complete an orbit about twice a day