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    GPS Declassified

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      U.S. Department of Defense. Conduct of the Persian Gulf War: Final Report to Congress. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992.

      U.S. Department of Defense and National Intelligence Agency. National Security Space Strategy. Washington DC, January 2011. http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2011/

      0111_nsss/docs/NationalSecuritySpace

      StrategyUnclassifiedSummary_Jan2011.pdf.

      U.S. General Accountability Office. Global Positioning System: Significant Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Widely Used Capabilities. GAO-09-670T. Washington DC: GAO, May 7, 2009. http://www.gao.gov/assets/130/122502.pdf.

      ———. Joint Major System Acquisition by the Military Services: An Elusive Strategy. GAO/NSIAD-84-22. Washington DC: GAO, December 23, 1983.

      Werrell, Kenneth P. Chasing the Silver Bullet: U.S. Air Force Weapons Development from Vietnam to Desert Storm. Washington: Smithsonian Books, 2003.

      Whitcomb, Darrell D. Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm. Maxwell AFB AL: Air University Press, 2006.

      Woodford, J. B., and H. Nakamura. Briefing-Navigation Satellite Study. Los Angeles: Air Systems Command, August 24, 1966.

      Index

      Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.

      “active highways ” concept, 203

      Aczel, Amir, 35

      Advanced Research Projects Agency. See ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)

      advertising, 166–70

      AGM-84 missile. See SLAMS (standoff land attack missiles)

      AGM-86B missile. See ALCMS (air-launched cruise missiles)

      AGM-86C/D missile. See CALCMS (conventional air-launched cruise missiles)

      Agni-V missile, 198

      Air Force: and civilian use of GPS, 95–97; Defense Navigation Satellite System and, 63–65; as executive service for GPS, 58; future plans of, 183–84; joint programs and, 58; launching of SVN 62; satellite by, 177; Locata and, 200–201; and Operation El Dorado Canyon, 110; public relations offensive of, 176; rocketry program of, 13, 17; satellite navigation needs of, 54; Vela Program and, 97–98

      air-launched cruise missiles. See ALCMS (air-launched cruise missiles)

      air traffic control, 94

      ALCMS (air-launched cruise missiles), 110, 111, 113–14

      Alexander the Great, 33

      Alito, Samuel A., Jr., 164

      Alley, Carroll, 71

      Amber Alert GPS, 161

      Anderson, Roy, 43–45, 54

      Android, 144

      ankle bracelets, 162–63

      AN/PSN-8 “Manpack ” receiver, 121–22, 123

      Antheil, George, 70

      antisatellite. See ASAT (antisatellite)

      Apollo program, 32, 33

      Apple, 143–44, 147, 165, 170

      armed forces, 13–14, 58–59, 63, 159–60. See also Air Force; Army; Navy

      arms race, 199

      Army, 13–14, 17, 19–20, 55

      Army Map Service, 16

      ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency), 47–48

      ASAT (antisatellite), 196–98

      astrolabes, 35

      Atlantic, 36

      atomic clocks, 28, 50, 62, 70–73, 83–87, 174. See also clocks

      Atta, Mohammed, 151–52

      Attenti, 163

      augmented reality, 169, 170

      automatic vehicle location. See AVL (automatic vehicle location)

      automobiles, 1–2, 141–42, 145, 158, 202–4

      autonomous cars, 203–4

      aviation, 38–39, 89–92, 94, 95, 133–36, 153

      AVL (automatic vehicle location), 160

      backup GPS, 195

      Bacon, Francis, 127

      Barnes, Gene, 11

      Barton, Joe, 165

      Beard, Ron, 61, 65, 73

      Beidou satellites, 179–80

      Berkner, Lloyd V., 7

      BI (Behavior Interventions), 163

      Bipartisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, 165

      Blair, Charles, 38

      Block II satellites, 102–3, 104, 105, 106

      Blue Force Tracking, 119–20

      Bohbot, Véronique, 204–5

      bombing, precision, 95

      Bracker, Milton, 11

      Bradley, Perry, 139

      brain research, 204–5

      Brin, Sergey, 203

      Brown, Jerry, 203

      brownouts, 177–78

      Buckman, Dave, 176

      Buisson, James, 53, 62, 65

      Burke, Edmund, 41

      Burrell, Gary L., 142

      C/A (coarse acquisition) code, 83

      CALCMS (conventional air-launched cruise missiles), 111, 112, 113–14

      Carrier IQ, 168

      Carrington, Richard, 195

      Carrington Event, 195–96

      cars. See automobiles

      Carter, Jimmy, 96

      CBO (Congressional Budget Office), 98

      CDMA (code division multiple access), 83

      cell phones, 143–48, 167–68. See also smartphones; wristwatch phone

      Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. See CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association)

      Census Bureau, 171

      Center for Public Integrity, 185

      Chaffetz, Jason, 165, 166

      Challenger disaster, 102–4

      ChildChecker safety vest, 161

      China, 179–80, 197

      chronometer, 38, 77–78

      Clarke, Arthur C., 42, 75, 148

      Clements, William P., 63, 93–94

      Clinton, Bill, 136, 138–39, 150, 152, 154

      clocks, 34, 37, 75, 83–87. See also atomic clocks

      Coalition to Save Our GPS, 185, 187

      code division multiple access. See CDMA (code division multiple access)

      Combat Survivor Evader Locator radios. See CSEL (Combat Survivor Evader Locator) radios

      compass, 36

      Compass satellites, 179–80

      Conduct of the Persian Gulf War, 113–14

      Congressional Budget Office. See CBO (Congressional Budget Office)

      Continental Airlines, 135

      conventional air-launched cruise missiles. See CALCMS (conventional air-launched cruise missiles)

      Cook, James, 37, 76–77

      Coordinated Universal Time. See UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)

      correctional systems, 162

      Corrigan, “Wrong Way ,” 38

      criminal justice system, 162, 163–65. See also law enforcement

      cross-staff, 35

      CSEL (Combat Survivor Evader Locator) radios, 129–30

      CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association), 146

      DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), 200

      DART (Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology), 198

      dead reckoning, 37

      debris, space, 196–97

      Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. See DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)

      Defense Navigation Satellite Development Plan. See DNSDP (Defense Navigation Satellite Development Plan)

      Defense Navigation Satellite System. See DNSS (Defense Navigation Satellite System)

      Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council. See DSARC (Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council)

      Delta II rocket, 102–3

      Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology. See DART (Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology)

      Department of Defense. See DOD (Department of Defense)

      Development Concept Paper Number 133, 68

      DGPS (differential GPS), 132, 135, 136, 139

      differential GPS. See DGPS (differential GPS)

      Distress Alerting Satellite System, 190

      Dmatek Group, 163

      DNSDP (Defense Navigation Satellite Development Plan), 63–64

      DNSS (Defense Navigation Satellite System), 63–73

      DOD (Department of Defense), 72, 93, 94, 102, 175

      Doppler measurements, 43

      Doppler shift, 26

      Dornan, Robert
    , 129

      driverless cars, 203–4

      Drogin, Bob, 116

      drones, 152, 194

      DSARC (Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council), 65, 70, 96

      DuBridge, Lee, 61

      Dutcher, R. L., 60

      E-911 mandate, 146–48

      Earhart, Amelia, 35

      Easton, Roger: first satellite launch attempt and, 8; on ground station location, 62; on Lonely Halls meeting, 65; Naval Space Surveillance System and, 27, 28; with NRL team, 73; Project Vanguard and, 23–24; satellite navigation and, 45–47, 49–50, 61; on signal structure, 69–70; Timation program and, 51; on time synchronization, 54; with Vanguard TV-3 satellite, 9; Viking rocket program and, 14

      EGNOS (European Geostationary Overlay System), 181

      Eisenhower, Dwight D., 16–19, 22

      eLoran, 200

      emergency phone calls, 145–46

      energy crisis, 95

      Eratosthenes, 34

      ESA (European Space Agency), 179, 180–81

      ether theory, 44

      EU (European Union), 131, 153, 154, 179, 180, 181, 196, 198

      European Geostationary Overlay System. See EGNOS (European Geostationary Overlay System)

      European Space Agency. See ESA (European Space Agency)

      European Union. See EU (European Union)

      Explorer I, 20, 25

      F-111 fighter-bomber, 58

      FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), 95, 133, 134–35, 138–39, 153, 183, 193

      Faga, Martin C., 131

      Falcone, Philip, 185

      FBCB2 (Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below) program, 120

      FCC (Federal Communications Commission), 82, 146, 148, 154, 158, 184, 185, 186, 193

      Federal Aviation Administration. See FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)

      Federal Communications Commission. See FCC (Federal Communications Commission)

      federal government, public trust of, 10

      Flax, Alexander H., 38–39

      FOC (Full Operational Capability), declaration of, 133

      Folen, Vince, 71

      Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below program. See FBCB2 (Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below) program

      Foursquare, 92

      Franken, Al, 166

      Franklin, Rosalind, 41–42

      “freedom of space ,” 18–19

      Full Operational Capability. See FOC (Full Operational Capability), declaration of

      Furnas, Clifford C., 17, 18

      GAGAN (GPS-Aided Geo-Augmented Navigation) system, 182

      Galileo, 153–54, 179, 180–81

      Galison, Peter, 71

      Gallery, Daniel, 34–35

      GAO (General Accounting Office), 96, 97, 98, 102, 135, 175–77, 183, 190, 200

      Garmin, 142, 143

      GBAS (ground-based augmentation system), 193

      GDM (Generalized Development Model), 100, 101

      General Accountability Office. See GAO (General Accounting Office)

      General Accounting Office. See GAO (General Accounting Office)

      Generalized Development Model. See GDM (Generalized Development Model)

      geodesy, 16

      geographic information systems. See GIS (geographic information systems)

      Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act, 165–66

      geophysics, 173–74

      geosynchronous orbits, 43

      Getting, Ivan, 61

      Gibbons, Glen, 166–67

      Gibbs, Asa B., 23

      GIS (geographic information systems), 131, 171

      Glendon, John, 57

      Global Locate, 147

      global navigation satellite system. See GNSS (global navigation satellite system)

      Global Navigation Space Systems, 195

      Global Positioning System. See GPS (Global Positioning System)

      GLONASS, 173, 178–79

      GNSS (global navigation satellite system), 5, 82, 155, 178, 180, 182, 183, 187, 188, 193, 195, 197, 198

      Godfrey, Arthur, 64

      Google, 144, 170, 203–4, 205

      Google Glass, 205

      Gore, Al, 138

      government, public trust of, 10

      GPS (Global Positioning System): civilian use of, 89–107, 130–54; commercial use of, 170–75, 201–2; development of, 2; differential, 132–33, 139; disruption of, 184–87, 193–94; functioning of, 75–87; future of, 189–206; growth and importance of, 3–6; High Integrity, 176–77; maintenance of, 175–77; private industry and, 2–3; receivers for, 86, 99, 104–7, 121–23, 133, 138, 149–50; reliability of, 155–58, 195–96; signals for, 81–83; use of, in agriculture, 172; use of, in engineering, 173

      GPS-Aided Geo-Augmented Navigation system. See GAGAN (GPS-Aided Geo-Augmented Navigation) system

      GPS III satellites, 175, 183–84, 189–92, 200

      gravitational variations, 32

      Griffin, Jeramie, 155–56

      ground-based augmentation system. See GBAS (ground-based augmentation system)

      guided weaponry, 109–17

      Guier, William, 26, 27, 43

      H+: The Digital Series, 206

      Hagen, John P., 13, 20

      Hagerty, James, 17

      Hale, Edward Everette, 42–43

      Hall, Bruce, 116

      Harrison, John, 34, 37, 75–76

      Hein, Guenter, 193

      Herlihy, Ed, 11

      Hertz, 140

      Holmes, David C., 48, 63–64, 65, 68, 70

      Humphreys, Todd, 194–95

      Hunt, Frederick Knight, 76

      Hussein, Saddam, 119, 124

      Huston, Bill, 73, 222n17

      Huygens, Christopher, 37

      Hyten, John E., 176

      ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), 131, 133, 136, 153

      ICBMS (intercontinental ballistic missiles), 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 91, 93, 124, 199

      IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 204

      IGY (International Geophysical Year), 12–13, 16–17, 19

      IIA satellites, 103, 104

      IIF satellites, 103, 106, 175, 177, 183

      IIR(M) satellites, 103, 106

      IIR satellites, 103, 105

      India, 182, 198

      Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. See IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System)

      inertial navigation, 37–38

      inertial navigation systems. See INS (inertial navigation systems)

      inertial surveying systems. See ISS (inertial surveying systems)

      INS (inertial navigation systems), 90, 110, 111, 112, 116, 117, 124, 194, 200

      Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. See IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

      Integrated Operational Nuclear (Detonation) Detection System. See IONDS (Integrated Operational Nuclear [Detonation] Detection System)

      intercontinental ballistic missiles. See ICBMS (intercontinental ballistic missiles)

      International Civil Aviation Organization. See ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)

      International Geophysical Year. See IGY (International Geophysical Year)

      international satellite systems, 178–84

      IONDS (Integrated Operational Nuclear [Detonation] Detection System), 97–98

      iPhone, 4, 143–44, 147, 165

      Iran, 183, 194–95, 198–99

      IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System), 182

      IS (Istrebitel Sputnikov) antisatellite program, 197–98

      ISS (inertial surveying systems), 99

      Jackson, C. D., 21–22

      jamming, 60, 83, 122, 138, 139, 153, 177, 184–87, 190, 193–94, 195, 198, 200

      Japan, 182

      Japan GPS Council, 139–40

      Jewell, Don, 54

      Johnson, Lyndon B., 10

      joint program office. See JPO (joint program office)

      Jones, Antoine, 164

      Jovian moons, 36–37, 44

      JPO (joint program office), 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 93, 96, 129


      Juno I, 20

      Jupiter C rocket program, 20

      Kao, Min H., 142

      Kempthorne, Rupert, 57

      Khrushchev, Nikita, 21

      Kleczek, Chester, 50, 51

      Klein, John H., 198

      Korean Airlines Flight KE007, 89–93

      Lamarr, Hedy, 70

      Larsen, Torben B., 33

      latitude, 33–34

      law enforcement, 1–2, 3, 167–68. See also criminal justice system

      Lawrence, Lovell, Jr., 43

      L-band radio spectrum, 82

      LBS (location-based service), 143, 148, 165, 166–70, 204, 206

      Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 41

      light, speed of, 44

      lighthouses, 36

      LightSquared, 184–87

      Locata, 200–201

      location-based service. See LBS (location-based service)

      Location Privacy Act (2011), 166

      Lockheed Martin, 103, 175, 183, 190, 192

      Lonely Halls meeting, 65–67

      longitude, 25, 33–34, 36–37, 43, 47, 57, 62, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 86, 90, 122, 125, 132, 167, 170, 171

      Loran, 16, 39

      lunar distances method, 36–38

      Lynch, Don, 53, 71

      Macrometer V-1000, 99, 100

      Magellan Systems, 105, 140

      Maguire, Eleanor, 204

      Maloof, Matt, 50

      “man-made moons ,” 12–13

      maps, 123–24, 157–58

      Maritime Differential GPS Service, 133–34

      Markey, Edward, 165, 167

      McCaskill, Thomas, 62

      McClure, Frank T., 27

      McCoubrey, Art, 222n14

      McDonald, Keith, 66–67

      McLucas, John, 95

      Medaris, John B., 19, 20–21

      media, 11–12, 115–17

      Melton, W. C., 60

      Mengel, John, 14–15

      Micro-PNT Program, 200

      microsatellites, 197, 198

      millennium bug, 148–50

      Minitrack tracking system, 14–15, 23–26, 47, 48

      mobile phones. See cell phones; smartphones

      Moltz, James Clay, 199

      monitoring devices, electronic, 162–63

      Moussaoui, Zacarias, 152

      MSAS (Multifunctional Transport Satellite Augmentation System), 182

      Multifunctional Transport Satellite Augmentation System. See MSAS (Multifunctional Transport Satellite Augmentation System)

      Nakamura, H., 55

      nanosecond, 84, 85, 176, 201

      NANU (Notice Advisory to Navstar Users), 81

      NAPA (National Association of Public Administration), 136–38

      NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), 26, 33

      Nasir 1, 183

     


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