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This is a list of satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GSO). These satellites are commonly used for communication purposes, such as radio and television networks, back-haul, and direct broadcast. Traditional global navigation systems do not use geosynchronous satellites, but some SBAS navigation satellites do.
Samples of three GPS satellites' orbits over a five-year period (2013 to 2018) USA-242 · USA-239 · USA-151 · Earth As of 22 January 2025, 83 Global Positioning System navigation satellites have been built: 31 are launched and operational, 3 are in reserve or testing, 43 are retired, 2 were lost during launch, and 1 prototype was never launched. 3 Block III satellites have completed ...
Derelict satellites in heliocentric orbit (54 P) Pages in category "Satellites orbiting the Sun" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Three of the satellites are placed in geostationary orbit (GEO) and the remaining 4 in geosynchronous orbit (GSO) to have a larger signal footprint and lower number of satellites to map the region. It is intended to provide an all-weather absolute position accuracy of better than 7.6 metres (25 ft) throughout India and within a region extending ...
Wrong orbit Kosmos 1839: IIb 731 — Wrong orbit Kosmos 1840: IIb 732 — Wrong orbit Kosmos 1883: 16 September 1987 02:53 Proton-K DM-2: Baikonur, Site 200/40: 10 IIb 733 III - 6 June 1989: Kosmos 1884: IIb 734 III - 30 August 1988: Kosmos 1885: IIb 735 III 17 1 February 1989: Kosmos 1917: 17 February 1988 00:23 Proton-K DM-2: Baikonur, Site ...
Series 3 satellites are Sun-synchronous and series 2 and 4 satellites are geosynchronous. Formosat-5: Active Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO) 2017 Gaofen-2: Active CNSA: 2014 Gaofen-3: Active CNSA: 2016 GOES-16 and 17: Active NASA 2016 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. Collects weather observations. See also: List ...
Sun-synchronous orbit: An orbit which combines altitude and inclination in such a way that the satellite passes over any given point of the planets's surface at the same local solar time. Such an orbit can place a satellite in constant sunlight and is useful for imaging, spy, and weather satellites.
Each satellite weighs 2,030 kg (4,480 lb) at launch and 1,080 kg (2,380 lb) once on orbit. [14] The first attempted launch of a Block IIR satellite failed on 17 January 1997 when the Delta II rocket exploded 12 seconds into flight. The first successful launch was on 23 July 1997. Twelve satellites in the series were successfully launched.