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HOW DOES A GPS SATELLITE OPERATE?

There are three segments to the GPS system. There is the control segment of ground stations, the Sky segment that includes the GPS satellites and the missiles used to launch them, and the User segment that include the GPS receiver that you use to compute your position. This article will discuss the Satellites and how they work.


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