What is the approximate altitude of a GPS satellite?

February 28, 2010 by admin · 3 Comments
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Also how many planes do GPS Satellites form?
What is a plane?

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3 Responses to “What is the approximate altitude of a GPS satellite?”
  1. Delta V says:
    March 3, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    The altitude of GPS satellite orbits is about 20,200 km.

    An orbital “plane” can be thought of as the difference between Earth’s equator and the flight path of a satellite. The satellites are arranged on 6 planes, each of them containing at least 4 slots where satellites can be arranged equidistantly. Delta V

  2. Hadilf Otler says:
    March 6, 2010 at 11:43 am

    The global coverage for each system is generally achieved by a constellation of 20–30 Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites spread between several orbital planes. The actual systems vary, but use orbit inclinations of >50° and orbital periods of roughly twelve hours (height 20,000 km / 12,500 miles). Hadilf Otler

  3. betotron says:
    March 9, 2010 at 7:53 am

    250,000 miles betotron

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