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iyulaev
on Sept 27, 2012
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We’ve Already Passed the Tipping Point for Orbital...
Aren't GPS satellites geostationary? And aren't geostationary orbits like 100 times further out than LEO?
ChuckMcM
on Sept 27, 2012
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No, more like 16,500 (about 10x LEO if you consider leo to be 100 - 200 per NASA's definition). View of debris from GEO which also includes the GPS orbits :
http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/photogallery/beehives/GEO1...
[1] Fun GIF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ConstellationGPS.gif
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