Quiz 1

• GPS system


  Made up of 3 segments
• GPS segments


  • Space segment
  • Control Segment - Master Control
  • Monitor Station
  • The user segment
• NAVSTAR GPS


  Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System
• Mathematical Principles of Positioning by GPS

  1. Uses Trilateration method to fix positions on Earth

  2. 1 triangle formed from 2 satellites with 1 receiver on the produces one position
• Trilateration is a method of determining the relative positions of objects using the geometry of triangles in a similar fashion as triangulation