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    the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei. One of the aims of Galileo is to provide an independent high-precision positioning system so European political...
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    systems that independently provide a full civilian satellite navigation system, exemplified by the European Galileo positioning system. These systems...
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    Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) Galileo positioning system Global Positioning System GLONASS BeiDou NavIC NTRIP Wanninger, Lambert. "Introduction...
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  • positioning system is a system for determining the position of an object in space. One of the most well-known and commonly used positioning systems is...
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    to join the European Galileo positioning system project and was to invest €230 million (US$296 million, £160 million) in Galileo over the next few years...
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  • (ESA) to test technology in orbit for the Galileo positioning system. The name was chosen as a tribute to Galileo Galilei, who discovered the first four...
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    technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning information. It provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial...
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    signalling programs such as the European Rail Traffic Management System, the Galileo positioning system and the Single European Sky. The current commissioner is...
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  • Galileo Sistemas y Servicios (a consortium of seven Spanish companies). The company was the primary construction company for the Galileo positioning system...
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  • together in 2004 to bid on a contract with Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) to run the Galileo positioning system. The group consisted of Thales, EADS and...
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    timekeeping system which does not require on-board atomic clocks as used by existing navigation satellite systems such as BeiDou, Galileo, Global Positioning System...
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    (NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. In operation since...
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    The Galileo affair (Italian: il processo a Galileo Galilei) began around 1610 and culminated with the trial and condemnation of Galileo Galilei by the...
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    Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS are fully globally operational GNSSs. The European Union's Galileo positioning system is a next...
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  • long. Such systems include assisted GPS, urban positioning services through hotspot databases, and indoor positioning systems. Wi-Fi positioning takes advantage...
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    Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Named after the Italian...
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    Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei (/ˌɡælɪˈleɪoʊ ˌɡælɪˈleɪ/ GAL-il-AY-oh...
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  • and for a global navigation satellite system under European civil control, i.e. the Galileo positioning system. The European Union has already started...
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    the amnesty. A major project during his term was the Galileo positioning system. Work on the system began a year before Barrot came to office and has developed...
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  • Precise Point Positioning (PPP) is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positioning method that calculates very precise positions, with errors as...
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    reliability and accuracy of their positioning data and sending out corrections. The system will supplement Galileo in a future version. EGNOS consists...
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    World Systems (Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo) is a 1632 Italian-language book by Galileo Galilei comparing the Copernican system with the...
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  • simultaneous localization and mapping acoustic positioning for underwater navigation The first in-car navigation system available to consumers in 1985 was called...
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    was used for radio experiments in connection with the European Galileo positioning system project for the German Aerospace Center and the ESA. It was intended...
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    Celestial navigation Dead reckoning Doppler navigation ECDIS Galileo positioning system Geodetic system Great-circle distance Marshall Islands stick chart Polynesian...
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    3GPP defined LPP or LTE positioning protocol for LTE networks. User Plane Protocol Defined by the OMA to support positioning protocols in packet switched...
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    ITRF solution. For example, the Galileo Terrestrial Reference Frame (GTRF) is used for the Galileo navigation system; currently defined as ITRF2005 by...
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    Galileo was an American robotic space program that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as several other Solar System bodies. Named after...
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    GPS Block III (category Global Positioning System)
    GPS III satellites, which will be used to keep the Navstar Global Positioning System operational. Lockheed Martin designed, developed and manufactured...
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    became involved in joint European projects such as Airbus, the Galileo positioning system and the Eurocorps.[citation needed] The French stood among the...
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