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		_dp9d on July 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Compasses don't work on Mars, so how do you naviga... That being said, how many satellites are orbiting Mars right now that could be used to help determine position?

comrh on July 3, 2015 [–]

~7

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lmm on July 3, 2015 | [–]

Looks like 5 of those are active rather than proposed.

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