An overview of transit development

Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-26

  Danchik, Robert J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a APL's Principal Professional Staff ^*

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^e APL

Author keywords

Navy Navigation Satellite System; Transit Improvement Program; Transit Navigation System

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT; SUBMARINES;

GROUND CONTROL SYSTEM; TRANSIT NAVIGATION SYSTEM; USER EQUIPMENT;

SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS;

EID: 0031673202     PISSN: 02705214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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