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It depends one what satellite it is. Differents types of satellite orbit the Earth at different altitudes. In Low Earth Orbit satellites travel between 160km and 2000km above the Earth, in Medium Earth Orbit they travel between 2000km and 35000km above the Earh, and in Geostationary Orbit they travel above 160km and below 35000km around the Equator.

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It depends one what satellite it is. Differents types of satellite orbit the Earth at different altitudes. In Low Earth Orbit satellites travel between 160km and 2000km above the Earth, in Medium Earth Orbit they travel between 2000km and 35000km above the Earh, and in Geostationary Orbit they travel above 160km and below 35000km around the Equator.

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The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based satellite navigation system that consists of a series of satellites used for locating places anywhere on or near the Earth. GPS became fully operational in 1995.

There are also a number of satellites that take high-resolution imagery of earth including GeoEye-1, QuickBird, WorldView-1, WorldView-2, and others. High-resolution images combined with a precise location can help to locate any place on the planet.

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