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What type of orbit is used by gps satellites subsynchronous or sunsynchronous?

Geostationary satellites are the ones used for GPS satellites.


How many satellites do you need to have a full GPS signal?

A minimum of 4 satellites is needed to obtain a full GPS signal. These satellites are used to triangulate your position accurately on Earth.


How many GPS Satellites does the US Deptartment of Defense have?

There are currently 30 healthy GPS satellites in orbit.


What do gps satellites find?

GPS satellites do not 'find' anything, that is not their purpose.


What is the most common way trig is used in everyday life?

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) use trigonometry. There are a number of satellites orbiting the earth. The GPS uses the time signals sent by these satellites to establish the distance to the satellites. Trigonometry is then used to find the location of the GPS unit.


How many satellites are in the GPS array?

Currently 31 in both GPS and GLONASS (Russian navigation system, similar to GPS)


How many satellites are in the GPS?

24 active with 6 spares.


What are two names of satellites?

GPS IIA-1 NAVSTAR 1 (Both GPS satellites)


What are the benefits of using gps vs regular weather satellites?

GPS satellites are used to help us accurately determine the current time and our location. GPS satellites are not directly used to help us predict the weather. Weather satellites use many imaging and sensing technologies to help us predict the weather, but they are not useful in helping us determine our location. They are two different types of satellites with two different purposes. There are many other types of satellites too, such as communication satellites (such as used with Direct TV), space telescopes (such as Hubble) etc.


WHAT is the difference between satrack and gps?

Sattrack is a system used to monitor satellites' positions and orbits, while GPS (Global Positioning System) is a network of satellites that provides location and time information to GPS receivers on Earth. In essence, sattrack is more specific to tracking satellites, whereas GPS is a broader system for determining precise location on Earth.


How many satellites are there and how high do they orbit?

There are currently 32 GPS satellites Orbiting earth at 20,000Kms above sea level There are also 24 GLONASS satellites (The russian version of a GPS satellite) Which many high end GPS receivers will use in conjunction with the standard GPS satellites. These orbit a little lower than GPS at arond 19,000Kms above sea level. There are 4 Galileo Satellites, which are currently un used, but are the start of the European satellite constealltion which is a work in progress. They orbit at 24,000Kms above sea level. On top of all that, there are 10 Chinese navigation satellites called COMPASS orbiting in an orbit above China and Asia. They orbit at around 21,000 Kms above sea level.


How many satellites does Tom Tom GPS use?

Every GPS unit needs a minimum of four (4) satellites to compute a 3-dimensional position, and performs more accurate calculations with more satellites. I think my TomTom is capable of using 12 simultaneous satellites if it can see that many. Yours may be different.