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2. A SYSTEM OF NAVIGATION FOR DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF AN UNKNOWN LOCATION, COMPRISING A SATELLITE TRAVELING IN A KNOWN ORBIT, A CONTINUOUS WAVE PULSE TRANSMITTER ABOARD SAID SATELLITE, MEANS AT A KNOWN LOCATION FOR TRANSMITTING THE ORBITAL PARAMETERS OF SAID SATELLITE, MEANS AT AN UNKNOWN LOCATION FOR RECEIVING BOTH THE TRANSMISSIONS FROM SAID SATELLITE AND THE ORBITAL PARAMETERS OF SAID SATELLITE, MEANS FOR COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PULSES RECEIVED DURING PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS, THEREBY DETERMINING THE CHANGES IN SLANT RANGE DURING SAID TIME INTERVALS, AND COMPUTING MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF SAID UNKNOWN LOCATION FROM SAID CHANGES IN SLANT RANGE, THE TIME OF RECEPTION OF SAID PULSES, AND SAID ORBITAL PARAMETERS.
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2. A SYSTEM OF NAVIGATION FOR DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF AN UNKNOWN LOCATION, COMPRISING A SATELLITE TRAVELING IN A KNOWN ORBIT, A CONTINUOUS WAVE PULSE TRANSMITTER ABOARD SAID SATELLITE, MEANS AT A KNOWN LOCATION FOR TRANSMITTING THE ORBITAL PARAMETERS OF SAID SATELLITE, MEANS AT AN UNKNOWN LOCATION FOR RECEIVING BOTH THE TRANSMISSIONS FROM SAID SATELLITE AND THE ORBITAL PARAMETERS OF SAID SATELLITE, MEANS FOR COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PULSES RECEIVED DURING PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS, THEREBY DETERMINING THE CHANGES IN SLANT RANGE DURING SAID TIME INTERVALS, AND COMPUTING MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF SAID UNKNOWN LOCATION FROM SAID CHANGES IN SLANT RANGE, THE TIME OF RECEPTION OF SAID PULSES, AND SAID ORBITAL PARAMETERS.
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Current AssigneeWilliam H. Guier
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Original AssigneeWilliam H. Guier
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InventorsGuier, William H.
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Application NumberUS04/224,580Time in Patent Office1,008 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current342/357.48CPC Class CodesB64G 3/00 Observing or tracking cosmo...G01S 11/02 using radio waves G01S19/00...
