Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Their Applications

✍ Scribed by Scott Madry (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 117
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Space Development
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Dr. Madry, one of the world's leading experts in the field, provides in a condensed form a quick yet comprehensive overview of satellite navigation. This book concisely addresses the latest technology, the applications, the regulatory issues, and the strategic implications of satellite navigation systems. This assesses the strengths and weaknesses of satellite navigation networks and review of all the various national systems now being deployed and the motivation behind the proliferation of these systems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Global Navigation Satellite Systems....Pages 1-8
Doppler Satellite Positioning, Telemetry and Data Systems....Pages 9-26
Precision and Navigational PNT Systems....Pages 27-55
Aided and Augmentation Systems and Differential GPS....Pages 57-70
Applications of PNT Systems....Pages 71-82
National and International Governmental Policy Issues....Pages 83-91
Conclusions and Future Directions....Pages 93-98
Top Ten Things to Know About GNSS....Pages 99-100
Back Matter....Pages 101-110

✦ Subjects

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Geophysics/Geodesy; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space