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    Radio navigation or radionavigation is the application of radio waves to determine a position of an object on the Earth, either the vessel or an obstruction...
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    transmitted along a line of sight by radio from satellites. The system can be used for providing position, navigation or for tracking the position of something...
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    The field of navigation includes four general categories: land navigation, marine navigation, aeronautic navigation, and space navigation. It is also the...
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    global-range radio navigation system, operated by the United States in cooperation with six partner nations. It was a hyperbolic navigation system, enabling...
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    written GEE, was a radio-navigation system used by the Royal Air Force during World War II. It measured the time delay between two radio signals to produce...
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    aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are in contrast to directional radio beacons and other navigational aids, such as low-frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional...
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    a radio receiver; this is the fundamental principle of radio communication. In addition to communication, radio is used for radar, radio navigation, remote...
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    In navigation, a radio beacon or radiobeacon is a kind of beacon, a device that marks a fixed location and allows direction-finding equipment to find...
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  • Force (Luftwaffe) used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing in the United Kingdom. British scientific intelligence...
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    aircraft used commercial AM radio stations for navigation, AM stations are still marked on U.S. aviation charts. Radio navigation played an important role...
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    and radio navigation systems, communications satellites, wireless computer networks and many other applications. Different frequencies of radio waves...
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    telecommunication towers in a distance of 33 m (36 yd) Frequency for radio navigation system Frequency for radio teleswitch system Frequency for AM-broadcasting and requiring...
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    Hyperbolic navigation is a class of radio navigation systems in which a navigation receiver instrument is used to determine location based on the difference...
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    Area navigation (RNAV, usually pronounced as /ˈɑːrnæv/ "ar-nav") is a method of instrument flight rules (IFR) navigation that allows an aircraft to choose...
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    Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator...
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  • latter case, the pilot will navigate exclusively using instruments and radio navigation aids such as beacons, or as directed under radar control by air traffic...
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    route navigation as well as instrument approaches and holds. Based on a network of radio towers which transmitted directional radio signals, the radio range...
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    satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. It is one of the global navigation satellite...
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    Alpha, also known as RSDN-20, is a Russian system for long range radio navigation. RSDN in Russian stands for Радиотехническая Система Дальней Навигации...
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    hyperbolic radio navigation system that allowed ships and aircraft to determine their position by using radio signals from a dedicated system of static radio transmitters...
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    of a radio source can be determined by measuring its direction from two or more locations. Radio direction finding is used in radio navigation for ships...
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  • Gee-H, sometimes written G-H or GEE-H, was a radio navigation system developed by Britain during the Second World War to aid RAF Bomber Command. The name...
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    the main United Kingdom research and development organisation for radio navigation, radar, infra-red detection for heat seeking missiles, and related...
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    information from a VOR-only station. The TACAN navigation system is an evolution of radio transponder navigation systems that date back to the British Oboe...
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  • The Lorenz beam was a blind-landing radio navigation system developed by C. Lorenz AG in Berlin for bad weather landing. The first experimental system...
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  • to the aircraft type code. A single letter is used to represent a radio navigational capability and transponder combination. On the ICAO flight plan form...
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  • systems. Navigation systems using sonar have also been developed. Robots can also determine their positions using radio navigation. Electronic navigation Location...
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    LORAN (Long Range Navigation) was a hyperbolic radio navigation system developed in the United States during World War II. It was similar to the UK's...
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    The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS; Chinese: 北斗卫星导航系统; pinyin: běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng) is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned...
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    aircraft radio-navigation instrument that automatically and continuously displays the relative bearing from the ship or aircraft to a suitable radio station...
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