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Aren't GPS satellites geostationary? And aren't geostationary orbits like 100 times further out than LEO?
by iyulaev 14y ago
Aren't GPS satellites geostationary? And aren't geostationary orbits like 100 times further out than LEO?
- ChuckMcM 14y agoNo, more like 16,500 (about 10x LEO if you consider leo to be 100 - 200 per NASA's definition). View of debris from GEO which also includes the GPS orbits : http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/photogallery/beehives/GEO1280.jpg http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/photogallery/beehives/GEO1... [1] Fun GIF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ConstellationGPS.gif http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ConstellationGPS.gif