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Inertial navigation systems are harder to need with. Stellar system also.


13 posted on 04/14/2019 7:36:24 AM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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Inertial navigation is limited by integrated sensor biases. The original purpose of GPS was to correct for accumulated sensor bias. Critical military systems have GPS assisted inertial navigation.

Stellar navigation is slow, inaccurate, and only available at twilight in clear weather. It is only accurate to within a couple of miles. Hence the need for lighthouses and channel markers.


21 posted on 04/14/2019 7:49:37 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Schumer delenda est.)
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