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... Timation, an experimental program developed for the Navy by the Naval Research Laboratory that demonstrated the ability to operate atomic clocks on board orbiting satellites and was used as a system concept for GPS;2 and (3) Project 62iB, an Air Force study program originated in 1964 by Aerospace Corporation and the Air Force's Space and Missile Organ~zation.3 In addition, a DOD Four Service Executive Steering Group was established in 1968 to investigate the development of a Defense Navigation Satellite System that would satisfier all of the DOD's satellite navigation requirements.
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  • global positioning
  • atomic clocks
  • navigation requirements
  • satellite navigation


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