Global Positioning System
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The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the 88th meeting of RTCA Special Committee 159, Global Positioning System (GPS).
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DENVER - A $5.5 billion upgrade to the Global Positioning System moved a step closer to launch last week when a prototype arrived at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado to begin months of tests.
It's the guinea pig for a new generation of GPS satellites, called Block III, that's expected to make military and civilian receivers more accurate, powerful and reliable.
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The Global Positioning System GPS, while originally a military project, has significant applications for the civilian industry. Civilian applications benefit from GPS signals by utilizing one or more of three basic components of the GPS location, relative movement, and time. Muslims around the world perform five prayers a day. The five prayers are based on astronomical position of the sun. Many systems have been developed to serve as prayer time providers but none of these systems provide the time for users that are traveling onboard an aircraft from one country to another, where (depending on the speed and directions of the aircraft) prayer time can change significantly.
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SKOKIE, Ill., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A state task force charged with investigating the use of GPS technology as well as compliance with the Designated Truck Route System today submitted its report and eight recommendations to Illinois' Governor and General Assembly.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110208/CG44783)
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