Not geostationary, so not visible in the picture.

They are not geosyc!

Nah, they are just specs of dust on the camera's sensor! Space objects? Whatever next! :p

Cool beans.

Geosycamore?

neither are they geodesic.

Orbits
 

GPS Satellites operate in a Mid-Earth Orbit, approximately 1/2 of the height of the satellites shown in UT's pic. This type of orbit allows for better GPS service near the polar regions of the Earth.

<-- doesn't play the "dumb" game :D

8.5 hours; the photographer must have steady hands.

Undertoad, I didn't mention this before, but this IotD is a great one. Good job!

It has slowly grown on me over the last couple days. I was mulling over the possibility of taking a similar image myself. I wonder what sort of equipment you need? The link says it was taken at Kitt Peak, but not which instrument was used. I wonder if it was one of the big telescopes there, or just a camera on a tripod with a long exposure? The satellites are +10 to +14 magnitude in brightness, but I don't know exactly what that means in camera exposure speak. Eight hours is a long exposure.

Looking at the link again, it says the view spans about 10% of the arc. That's roughly like a 50mm lens. You should be able to reproduce this shot in your back yard with a 35 mm camera on a tripod! (assuming a clear night.)

Cool.

Wouldn't you get too much light pollution there in Arlington?

Yeah, way too much here. I can see the planets and the moon though.

But you know, when you travel to someplace nice and have a clear night, you can do this.