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December 1st, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

What is the approximate altitude of a GPS satellite?

Also how many planes do GPS Satellites form?
What is a plane?

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.


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