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This represents the first demonstration of a tiny atomic clock.
Mathematician Bill Guier (left), APL Research Center director Frank T. McClure (center), and physicist George Weiffenbach (right).
This rendition shows how a future Galileo satellite will look.
A hand-held GPS receiver that provided geographic coordinates and a graphical display.
A hand-held GPS receiver that provided geographic coordinates and a graphical display.
The certification set for the first GPS receiver certified for use under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).
A hand-held GPS receiver that provided geographic coordinates and a graphical display.
The shape of the Earth, known as a geoid, is shown here with colors and exaggerated heights from multiple points of view.
The image shows accuracy to within a radius of about 20 feet (6 meters).