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Isn’t GLONASS in geostationary orbit like NAVSTAR/GPS? This would be a fixed orbital distance from Earth.

You may be thinking of highly-elliptical molniya/lightning orbits (1), which enabled state TV broadcasts for high-lat places in Siberia.

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Gps isn't in geostationary orbit. They're in medium earth orbit and complete an orbit about twice a day

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0 pointsxattt1y ago0 comments

Isn’t GLONASS in geostationary orbit like NAVSTAR/GPS? This would be a fixed orbital distance from Earth.

You may be thinking of highly-elliptical molniya/lightning orbits (1), which enabled state TV broadcasts for high-lat places in Siberia.

Gps isn't in geostationary orbit. They're in medium earth orbit and complete an orbit about twice a day

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