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Re: Visual satellite position fix
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2013 Aug 13, 09:57 -0300
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2013 Aug 13, 09:57 -0300
Here are a few pages on early satellite-based positioning from the venerable Guide to GPS Positioning, which I helped to write over 25 years ago. The full book can be downloaded here: http://www2.unb.ca/gge/Pubs/LN58.pdf (70 MB; searchable). -- Richard Langley On Monday, August 12, 2013,224, at 11:50 PM, Richard Easton wrote: > One caveat - Vanguard was using radio waves to detect the satellites (through Minitrack). Alas, they're planning to shut down the Space Fence. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=124852 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------