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Navigation Using the Transit of an Artificial Satellite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

D. H. Shinn
D. H. Shinn
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(Research Division, Marconi's W/T Co.)
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F. G. Smith describes (this Journal, 13, 109) a system for determining position from a single observation, probably lasting for a time of the order of a few minutes, of radio transmissions from an artificial Earth satellite. There are in this system two engineering difficulties which I think Dr. Smith has underestimated; these are the frequency stability and the power required. In order to establish these requirements it is necessary to consider in some detail how Dr. Smith's system would work.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , October 1960 , pp. 467 - 470
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1960

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