What Does GPS Stand For And How Exactly Does It Work?
Your phone's GPS is an incredibly accurate system that helps find your precise location instantly, but how exactly is it able ...
Hackaday4 年
Not Just GPS: New Options For Global Positioning
China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, or Japan’s QZSS?
Engineering360 News6 年
GPS Satellites
The satellite has a motion that is determined by the force of attraction (gravity) of the larger object. Satellites contain power systems, attitude (position) control systems, and communication ...
Engineering360 News6 年
Chapter 9: Satellite Positioning
In 1973, the US Department of Defense (DoD) commenced the development of NAVSTAR (Navigation System with Time and Ranging) Global Positioning System (GPS), and the first satellites were launched in ...