A detailed and informative diagram that brings to life where different satellites (e.g. the International Space Station vs. the GPS satellites) are physically located relative to Earth.

Comparison of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and COMPASS (medium Earth orbit satellites) orbits with International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, geostationary and graveyard orbits, and the nominal size of the Earth. For this diagram, the 3-dimensional aspect of orbits have been...See more

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