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Timation 1, 2
Timation 1 [NRL]
The Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST) conceived the Timation (Time / Navigation) program in 1964 and launched the Timation 1 satellite in 1967 and the Timation 2 satellite in 1969. Timation proved that a system using a passive ranging technique, combined with selected high-performance crystal oscillator clocks, could provide the basis for a new and revolutionary navigation system with three-dimensional coverage (longitude, latitude, and altitude) throughout the world. NCST's Timation program paved the way for what eventually became the Global Positioning System (GPS).
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Navigation |
| Operator: | USN |
| Contractors: | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) |
| Equipment: | ? |
| Configuration: | Gravity Stabilized |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timation 1 | 1967-053E | 31.05.1967 | Va SLC-2W | Thor-DM21 Agena-D | with Poppy 7A, Poppy 7B (GGSE 4), Poppy 7C, Poppy 7D (GGSE 5), Calsphere 3, Calsphere 4, NRL-PL 150B, OPS 5712 | |
| Timation 2 (NRL-PL 169) | 1969-082C | 30.09.1969 | Va SLC-1W | Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | with Poppy 8A, Poppy 8B, Poppy 8C, Poppy 8D, Tempsat 2, SOICAL Cone, SOICAL Cylinder, Weston, NRL-PL 176 |
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