Far-out space navigation from sideways satnav signals
Submit on Friday, April 12th, 2013 22:57
ESA’s retired GIOVE-A navigation mission has become the first civilian satellite to perform GPS position fixes from high orbit. Its results demonstrate that current satnav signals could guide missions much further away in space, up to geostationary orbit or even as far as the Moon.
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