Designed to help students and teachers better appreciate science and engineering in a global context, this eBook describes the history of navigation satellites, including how the concept of satellite-assisted navigation arose in the late 1950s and an explanation of the origins of the Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS), describing how this U.S. Department of Defense navigation satellite system provides highly accurate, three-dimensional location information on a 24-hour basis to military and civilian users around the world. A wealth of images help bring the topic to life.
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