NAVSTAR Global Positioning System
- NAVSTAR Global Positioning System
The global positioning system (GPS) is based on a constellation of twenty-four satellites at 12,625 miles (20,200 km) above the earth in six orbits. Each of these satellites completes one orbit of the earth in 11 h and 58 min (i.e., two orbits in 23 h and 56 min). The acronym NAVSTAR stands for navigation by satellites and ranging. Any vehicle using the system must be equipped with a suitable receiver. The system uses time and ranging for determining precise navigational information. GPS signals are available at all points on the earth and provide 24-h navigation services, which include extremely accurate three-dimensional location information (latitude, longitude, and altitude), velocity, and precise time; a worldwide common grid that is easily converted to any local grid; passive all-weather operations; continuous real-time information; support to an unlimited number of users and areas; and support to civilian users at a slightly less accurate level.
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NAVSTAR Global Positioning System — /nav stahr / a global system of U.S. navigational satellites developed to provide precise positional and velocity data and global time synchronization for air, sea, and land travel. [nav(igation) s(ystem using) t(ime) a(nd) r(anging)] * * * … Universalium
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