File:Comparison satellite navigation orbits.svg
Summary
Comparison of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" class="extiw" title="en:Global Positioning System">GPS</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS" class="extiw" title="en:GLONASS">GLONASS</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)" class="extiw" title="en:Galileo (satellite navigation)">Galileo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_navigation_system" class="extiw" title="en:Compass navigation system">COMPASS</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit" class="extiw" title="en:Medium Earth orbit">medium Earth orbit satellites</a>) orbits with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" class="extiw" title="en:International Space Station">International Space Station</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/geostationary_orbit" class="extiw" title="en:geostationary orbit">geostationary orbits</a>, and the nominal size of the Earth.
For this diagram, the 3-dimensional aspect of orbits have been flattened. For instance, the view of the Earth depicted is looking down to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole" class="extiw" title="en:North Pole">North Pole</a> which makes the orbit representations appear to be equatorial. While this is accurate for geostationary orbits, other orbits listed are actually at significant inclinations. The inclination of Iridium orbits is at 86.4° which is nearly perpendicular to the diagrammed plane. Looking down to the North Pole from this zenith, a polar orbit of 90° inclination would actually appear as a straight line.
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| current | 23:38, 3 January 2017 | | 512 × 512 (44 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Comparison of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" class="extiw" title="en:Global Positioning System">GPS</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS" class="extiw" title="en:GLONASS">GLONASS</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)" class="extiw" title="en:Galileo (satellite navigation)">Galileo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_navigation_system" class="extiw" title="en:Compass navigation system">COMPASS</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit" class="extiw" title="en:Medium Earth orbit">medium Earth orbit satellites</a>) orbits with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" class="extiw" title="en:International Space Station">International Space Station</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/geostationary_orbit" class="extiw" title="en:geostationary orbit">geostationary orbits</a>, and the nominal size of the Earth. <p><br></p> For this diagram, the 3-dimensional aspect of orbits have been flattened. For instance, the view of the Earth depicted is looking down to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole" class="extiw" title="en:North Pole">North Pole</a> which makes the orbit representations appear to be equatorial. While this is accurate for geostationary orbits, other orbits listed are actually at significant inclinations. The inclination of Iridium orbits is at 86.4° which is nearly perpendicular to the diagrammed plane. Looking down to the North Pole from this zenith, a polar orbit of 90° inclination would actually appear as a straight line. |
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