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English: Artist's conception of GPS Block II-F satellite in Earth orbit.
Français : Vue d'artiste d'un satellite GPS Block II-F sur orbite terrestre.
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Source https://www.egraphicbd.com [dead link] (Wayback Machine)
Author NASA
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GPS determines the position of a vessel by comparing signals from several transmitting satellites in medium earth orbit (MEO). Differential GPS (DGPS) provides error correction to the GPS signals in order to increase location fix accuracy.

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current20:20, 9 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 20:20, 9 February 20061,006 × 806 (111 KB)Michaelfavor~commonswikiArtist Interpretation of GPS satellite, image courtesy of NASA http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ftp/gps/ggeninfo/gps-iif.tif

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