Satelites

[bushie]

Does any one know which satelite systems Mavics use. I currently have 21 in use on my phone but only one is GPS. Various other syste.s from Europe Russia and China are also visible and showen as being in use.

 

[Meta4]

Does any one know which satelite systems Mavics use. I currently have 21 in use on my phone but only one is GPS. Various other syste.s from Europe Russia and China are also visible and showen as being in use.

As shown in the specs, all mavics use GPS / GLONASS

 

[old man mavic]

the number of sats shown on the screen is what are visible to the mav at any given time ,and will vary with regards to your position where you are. the sats are always in the same place .using GPS and GLONASS gives a greater no to lock on to

 

[Meta4]

the sats are always in the same place .

The satellites are actually orbiting rather than geostationary.
Which is why you'll get different numbers in the same place.
Here's an animation to give you an idea:

 

[old man mavic]

The satellites are actually orbiting rather than geostationary.
Which is why you'll get different numbers in the same place.
Here's an animation to give you an idea:

thanks i thought they were geostationary my bad

 

[sar104]

thanks i thought they were geostationary my bad

That's a common misconception but, if you consider the geometry, a globally distributed geostationary constellation is physically impossible because they would all have to be in the equatorial plane - that's the only plane in which a satellite can be geostationary.