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Carl Rod Nave
This HyperPhysics page contains basic information on global positioning satellites and how they work together to pinpoint the location of a GPS receiver on Earth. The page includes helpful diagrams of GPS satellites in orbit.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11427">Nave, Carl Rod. HyperPhysics: Global Positioning Satellites. August 29, 2011.</a>
![]() C. Nave, HyperPhysics: Global Positioning Satellites (1999), <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/gps.html>.
![]() Nave, C. (2011, August 29). HyperPhysics: Global Positioning Satellites. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/gps.html
![]() Nave, Carl Rod. HyperPhysics: Global Positioning Satellites. August 29, 2011. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/gps.html (accessed 20 April 2025).
![]() Nave, Carl Rod. HyperPhysics: Global Positioning Satellites. 1999. 29 Aug. 2011. 20 Apr. 2025 <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/gps.html>.
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Author = "Carl Rod Nave",
Title = {HyperPhysics: Global Positioning Satellites},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {20 April 2025},
Month = {August 29, 2011},
Year = {1999}
}
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