Abstract
The Navstar GPS is a satellite-based radionavigation system that provides continuous global coverage to an unlimited number of users who are equipped with receivers capable of processing the signals being broadcast by the satellites. As Figure 2.1 indicates, the system can be broken into three major pieces or segments:
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The space segment
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The user segment
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The control segment
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Logsdon, T. (1995). The Navstar GPS. In: Understanding the Navstar. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6901-2_2
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