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A Brief History of Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2011

Norman Bonnor
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Abstract

This paper charts the history of Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS) from the earliest days of the ‘Space Race’ in the 1960s and 1970s to the latest plans for modernisation of existing systems and the development of new systems yet to be deployed or become operational. The paper is based on lectures and presentations given by the author to postgraduate students at The University of Nottingham, students on the RAF General Duties Aero-Systems Course at the Air Warfare Centre, RAF Cranwell and to a number of RIN, RAeS and IEE Branches and to local aviation groups.

Keywords

GNSSGPS/DGPSGLONASSGalileo

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 1 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2011

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