Satellite navigation (Transit)
Navegación por satélite (Transit)
- Date
- 1960 · confidence high
- Place
- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins, Laurel, Maryland, United States
- Credited to
- William Guier, George Weiffenbach, Frank McClure and Richard Kershner (APL)
- People
- 👤 Frank McClure1896–1979
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A system that fixes position by measuring the Doppler shift of a satellite signal, devised while tracking Sputnik. It guided Polaris submarines and was the forerunner of GPS.
What it led to
- GPS
- Nuclear submarine navigation and deterrence
- Satellite geodesy