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Global positioning satellites : at 20,200 km above the earth 's surface : : Orbit of global positioning satellites : `………….`.

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Medium earth orbit
As the height of the orbit of global positioning satellite is between 2000 km to 35780 km , the orbit of the satelite is medium earth orbit.
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