Receiver, positioning system

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OBJECT TYPE
SATELLITE
DATE
1986
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1993.0037.001
MANUFACTURER
WM SATELLITE SURVEY CO.
MODEL
NAVSTAR GPS/ WM101
LOCATION
Torrance, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
240
Part Number
1
Total Parts
9
AKA
GPS
Patents
N/A
General Description
.1 SYNTHETIC & METAL CASING, CONTROLS, & PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC CASING WITH METAL PARTS/.3-.4 METAL/.5 METAL CASING & MEASURING TAPE, SYNTHETIC PARTS/.6-.7 METAL WIRE WITH SYNTHETIC & RUBBER COVERING/.8 SYNTHETIC CASING WITH METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASES WITH METAL HARDWARE, SYNTHETIC STRAPS, STYROFOAM PADDING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
64.0 cm
Width
54.0 cm
Height
26.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Exploration and Survey
Category
Measurement-position
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
MAGNAVOX
Country
United States of America
State/Province
California
City
Torrance

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED FROM CIRCA 1986 TO 1993.
Canada
AN INSTRUMENT USED BY THE GEODETIC SURVEY DIV. OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AS A NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT, THE GPS SYSTEM WAS ALSO USABLE FOR PLOTTING POSITIONS IN EARTH SURVEYING.
Function
THE USER SEGMENT OF A SATELLITE-BASED RADIO-POSITIONING SYSTEM PROVIDING AN EXTREMELY ACCURATE THREE-DIMENSIONAL ESTIMATE OF BOTH POSITION (LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, & ELEVATION) & VELOCITY, AS WELL AS A PRECISE TIME READING, TO USERS ON LAND, SEA, OR AIR. THE SYSTEM WAS USED IN NAVIGATION & SURVEYING.
Technical
A SPACE-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM, UTILIZING 24 NAVSTAR SATELLITES & PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL ACCURACY FOR CIVILIAN USE TO 100 M. GPS WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE U.S. IN THE MID 1970'S FOR MILITARY USE. SIGNALS FROM FOUR SATELLITES ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE POSITION. GPS SUCCEEDS TRANSIT, THE FIRST NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM WHICH UTILIZED THE DOPPLER SHIFT MEASURED DURING A SINGLE SATELLITE PASS, A MUCH SLOWER PROCESS.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
.1 PLATE READING 'WM SATELLITE SURVEY COMPANY/ WM101 GPS SATELLITE SURVEYING EQUIPMENT/ PART NO. 812278-801 SERIAL NO. 240' & 'MADE IN U.S.A.'; BLUE DECAL READING 'MAGNAVOX/ GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS COMPANY, TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA'/.2 RAISED 'MAGNAVOX/ MADE IN U.S.A.' & BLACK STAMPED 'ASSY 814203-801'/ SERIAL NO. 396'/.5 TAPE STAMPED 'TAJIMA JAPAN'/.8 LABEL READS 'WILD/ HEERBRUGG SWITZERLAND/ BATTERY CHARGER FOR/ NiCd BATTERY 12 V 7Ah/ TYPE GKL14 F. NR. 8 800 5'
Missing
N/A
Finish
.1 PAINTED GREEN & OFF-WHITE, MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC & METALLIC PARTS/.2 WHITE CASING & PLATED PARTS/.3-.5 TEXTURED GREEN ENAMEL PAINTED METAL/.4 BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED BASE WITH METALLIC FEET/.5 YELLOW PAINTED MEASURING TAPE WITH GREEN & YELLOWSYNTHETIC PARTS/.6-.7 BLACK CABLES & METALLIC PARTS/.7 RED & GREEN RUBBER/.8 BLACK CASING, BLACK & GREY CORDS/ CASES: ORANGE WITH BLACK PADDING & STRAP, PLATED PARTS
Decoration
.1 GREEN & BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE ON CASING READING 'WM101' & MOULDED GREEN & BLACK 'WM' LOGO ON CASING COVER/.2 DECAL WITH BLACK PRINTED DIAGRAM/.5 DECAL ON MEASURING TAPE CASING WITH INSTRUCTIONAL DIAGRAM/.8 WHITE ON BLACK LABEL READING 'WILD/ HEERBRUGG'/ METALLIC PLATES ON.1 CASE &.2-.7 CASE READING 'RECEIVER' & 'ANTENNA' RESPECTIVELY

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