The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) developed by the United States Department of Defense and managed by the United States Air Force 50th Space Wing. It is the only fully functional GNSS in the world, can be used freely by anyone, anywhere, and is often
The Navstar Global Positioning System
β Scribed by Tom Logsdon (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 269
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Science of Navigation....Pages 1-16
The Navstar GPS....Pages 17-33
Performance Comparisons for Todayβs Radionavigation Systems....Pages 34-47
User-Set Architecture....Pages 48-62
User-set Performance....Pages 63-75
Differential Navigation and Pseudo-satellites....Pages 76-90
Interferometry Techniques....Pages 91-102
Integrated Navigation Systems....Pages 103-114
Interoperability with Other Navigation Systems....Pages 115-127
The Navstar Satellites....Pages 128-147
Precise Time Synchronization....Pages 148-164
Digital Avionics and Air Traffic Control....Pages 165-176
Geodetic Surveying and Satellite Positioning....Pages 177-191
Military Applications....Pages 192-204
Civil Applications....Pages 205-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-256
β¦ Subjects
Acoustics; Signal, Image and Speech Processing
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