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by Richard D. Easton


  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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