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Global Positioning Satellites (GPS)


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Global Positioning Satellites (GPS)
An analysis of the theory and history of global positioning satellites.
1,343 words (approx. 5.4 pages) | 4 sources | MLA | 2002 United States


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Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the theory of global positioning satellites, illustrating the technology behind the system. The history of global positioning satellites is outlined, describing the first global positioning system, the transmission functions and the reception of information from global positioning satellites. The paper presents the advantages of the global positioning satellites system.

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"As the name suggests, the global positioning satellite system is based on satellites. It is a navigational system that comprises of a complex arrangement of satellites that orbit round the earth. Twenty-four in all, these satellites are eleven thousand nautical miles far in space. There are six dissimilar orbits wherein the satellites continually keep revolving. It takes these satellites twenty-four hours to complete two orbital revolutions round the Earth. Upon calculation, the revolutionary speed of these satellites is computed to be around 2,600 meters per second (JA-GPS.com)."

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APA Citation:

Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) (2012, February 08). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Global-Positioning-Satellites-GPS/16728

MLA Citation:

"Global Positioning Satellites (GPS)" 08 February 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Global-Positioning-Satellites-GPS/16728>




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