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Topics that relate to orbit determination and flight path control. May also be used for navigation on the surface of celestial objects.
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Why does the Global Positioning System include particular numbers of satellites?
They designed the numbers and orbits that met a set of requirements:
Small number of satellites.
Need 4 satellites to be in view to get the accuracy they required. In reality they need more than 4 to …