The diagram shows how the Global Positioning System works in order to help people find their location anywhere on earth.

The diagram explains the work of the Global Positioning System in providing an exact position to users on

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. Generally speaking, there are three parts of

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system, beginning with

satellites

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in space, the Base Transmission System (BTS) receiving and sending data to the users, and

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, from the users’ perspective, how people can know their position from the

satellites

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. The figure reveals that there are 24

satellites

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located around 20,000 km above the

earth

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and orbiting consecutively. Each of them is powered by solar energy taken directly from the sun. Since precise

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is important, the satellite is equipped with an atomic clock attached to its board to keep the

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regarding

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. In terms of exchanging

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, the

satellites

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use the antenna to trade

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with the central station on

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. From the

earth

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’s view, radar stations capture changes brought by the

satellites

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passing over them.

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information

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will

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be sent back to space using the BTS before

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will be broadcasted to the users. Two pieces of

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are sent to the user, including the exact place and the

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it was transmitted. In order to locate, our gadget will measure the distance between a person on

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and four

satellites

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that are passing over it by comparing the

time

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data was sent, and the

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it was received.