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  2. Global Positioning System - Wikipedia

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    The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, [2] is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the ...

  3. GPS satellite blocks - Wikipedia

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    GPS Block III is the first series of third-generation GPS satellites, incorporating new signals and broadcasting at higher power levels. In September 2016, the United States Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a contract option for two more Block III satellites, setting the total number of GPS III satellites to ten. [ 22 ]

  4. Garmin - Wikipedia

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    Its first portable unit, the GPS-95, was introduced in 1993. In 1994, the GPS-155 panel-mounted unit was the first GPS receiver on the market to receive full FAA certification for instrument approaches. In 1998, Garmin introduced the GNS-430, an integrated GPS navigation receiver/communications transceiver. That same year, the company rolled ...

  5. Satellite navigation - Wikipedia

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    The United States' Global Positioning System (GPS) consists of up to 32 medium Earth orbit satellites in six different orbital planes. The exact number of satellites varies as older satellites are retired and replaced. Operational since 1978 and globally available since 1994, GPS is the world's most utilized satellite navigation system.

  6. Gladys West - Wikipedia

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    Gladys Mae West (née Brown; born October 27, 1930 [1]) is an American mathematician.She is known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, that were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). [2]

  7. GPS signals - Wikipedia

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    GPS encodes this information into the navigation message and modulates it onto both the C/A and P(Y) ranging codes at 50 bit/s. The navigation message format described in this section is called LNAV data (for legacy navigation). The navigation message conveys information of three types: The GPS date and time, and the satellite's status.

  8. Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    Details of the earlier versions may be found in the page's history. Please help Wikipedia to rebuild the article properly. Please help Wikipedia to rebuild the article properly. The following timeline tables list the discoveries and inventions in the history of electrical and electronic engineering .

  9. TomTom - Wikipedia

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    TomTom N.V. is a Dutch multinational developer and creator of location technology and consumer electronics. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom released its first generation of satellite navigation devices to market in 2004.