GPS蓝宝书：Global Positioning System：Theory and Applications(Volume I) Part I. GPS Fundamentals 部分目录： Chapter 1. Introduction and Heritage of NAVSTAR, the Global Positioning System ..................................................................................... 3 Bradford W. Parkinson, Stanford University, Stanford, California Background and History ............................................................................................... 3 Predecessors . ...... ... ..................... ........ ...... ................. ................................................ 4 Joint Program Office Fonned, 1973 ............... ......... ........................................... ...... 6 Introductory GPS System Description and Technical Design ..................................... 10 Principals of System Operation . ................. ........... ......... ..................... ...... ............... 10 GPS Ranging Signal....................... .............. ..... ............. ................ ......... ................. 11 Satellite Orbital Configuration .................................................................................. 13 Satellite Design ......................................................................................................... 14 Satellite Autonomy: Atomic Clocks .............................. ........................................... 14 Ionospheric Errors and Corrections ......... ................ ............. .............. ........ ...... ........ 16 Expected Navigation Performance ........................................................................... 16 High Accuracy/Carrier Tracking .............................................................................. 18 History of Satellites .. ....................... ............... ........... ......... ...... .............. ............ .......... 19 Navigation Technology Satellites ....... ............ .................. ........................................ 19 Navigation Development Satellites-Block I .......................................................... 19 Operational Satellites-Block II and IIA .... .................... ..................... ......... ..... ...... 19 Replacement Operational Satellites-Block IIR ...................................................... 20 Launches ........................................................................................................................ 20 Launch Vehicles ..... ....... ................ .............. ......... ............ ......................................... 20 Initial Testing ................................................................ ................................................ 22 Test Results ......................................................... ...................................................... 22 Conclusions ........ .................................................................................... ................... 24 Applications .................................................... .......... ....... ................ .............................. 24 Military ............... ........................ ..... .... .......... ....... .............. .......................... ............. 24 Dual Use: The Civil Problem ................................................................................... 24 Pioneers of the GPS .. ............ .......................... ............ ......... ............................ ............. 26 Defense Development, Research, and Engineering-Malcolm Currie and David Packard . ................................ ................. ............. ............. ..................... ...... 26 Commander of SAMSO, General Ken Schultz ........................................ ............... 26 Contractors ........................................................................................... ..................... 26 Joint Program Office Development Team ..... .................... .................... ...... ...... ....... 27 Predecessors .................... ................... ........... ............... .... ................ ...... .............. ..... 27