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Trilateration

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Receivers calculate distances to satellites as a function of the amount of time it takes for satellites to reach the ground D=s*t

2
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GPS Segments

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Space Segment
User Segment
Control Segment

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Space Segment

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Orbits are arranged so that at any time, anywhere on Earth, there are at least four satellites visible in the sky.
27 Solar Satellites, 24 in operation, 3 extra in case of failure
Orbits 12,000 miles

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User Segment

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Receivers that decode the signals from the satellites 
Task: Selecting satellites
acquiring GPS signals
Measuring and tracking
Recovering navigation data
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Control Segment

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Measures distances to satellite and send to the master control.
Determines: satellites orbits
clock performance
health of satellites
-Send commands and data to the constellation

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How GPS Works

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Receiver has to know two things: Location of at least three satellites above you
The distance between you and each of these satellites. Satellites transmit two signals on different frequencies(microwaves/radiowaves) that electromegneticly travel at the speed of light(186,000mps)