[karc] GLONASS coverage and orbit
- From: Phil Somers <pwsomers@xxxxxxxx>
- To: KARCFreeList <karc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:22:53 -0800 (PST)
There was some discussion this morning at breakfast about the Russian GLONASS
navigation satellite constellation's northern coverage and also the orbit.
From Wikipedia:
"The satellites are located in middle circular orbit at 19,100 km
altitude with a 64.8 degree inclination and a period of 11 hours and
15 minutes. GLONASS' orbit makes it especially suited for usage in high
latitudes (north or south), where getting a GPS signal can be problematic".
Here is a link to the full article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS
... Phil VE3HST
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