Brief review of presently available navigational aids and their shortcomings; system proposed uses satellites equipped with gravity-gradient altitude control, solar cells to supply power, interferometer antennas for measurement of direction, radar and helical antennas and sensors; methods for measuring distance and direction.


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    Title :

    Navigational satellites -- Beacons for ships and planes


    Additional title:

    Electronics


    Contributors:
    Keats, E.S. (author)

    Published in:

    Electronics ; 38 , n 3


    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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