Originally Posted by
JCnMS
How many satellites are in the GPS swarm? How many spares in orbit? And if countries really really decide to get pis*sy, how many countries have anti-sat capabilities?
There were (at one time) 30 satellites in the GPS constellation. 24 are active and 6 standby. There are also 2 geostationary WAAS satellites, one on west coast (pacific ocean) and one on the east coast (atlantic ocean). Both are near the equator. The original GPS satellites fell out of the sky a long time ago. What didn't fall from the sky is now space debris.
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