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1navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …
2Space debris — populations seen from outside geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Note the two primary debris fields, the ring of objects in GEO, and the cloud of objects in low earth orbit (LEO) …
3Navigation — This article is about determination of position and direction on or above the surface of the earth. For other uses, see Navigation (disambiguation). Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. Navigation is the… …
4History of navigation — In the pre modern history of human migration and discovery of new lands by navigating the oceans, a few peoples have excelled as sea faring explorers. Prominent examples are the Phoenicians, the ancient Greeks, the Persians, the Arabians, the… …
5Star chart — Star map redirects here. For other uses, see Star map (disambiguation). A celestial map from the 17th century, by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit A star chart is a map of the night sky. Astronomers divide these into grids to use them more… …
6Celestial navigation — Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is a position fixing technique that was devised to help sailors cross the featureless oceans without having to rely on dead reckoning to enable them to strike land. Celestial navigation uses… …
7Radio navigation — or radionavigation is the application of radio frequencies to determining a position on the Earth. Like radiolocation, it is a type of radiodetermination.RDF / ADF / NDBThe first system of radio navigation was the Radio Direction Finder, or RDF.… …
8List of Star Trek regions of space — Several films and episodes of the science fiction franchise Star Trek were set in distinct regions of space. Some of these fictional locations exhibited anomalous physical properties. Others were defined as sensitive buffer zones under political… …
9Aeronautical chart conventions (United States) — This article describes the graphic conventions used in Sectional charts and Terminal area charts published for aeronautical navigation under Visual Flight Rules in the United States of America. The charts are published in accordance with… …
10Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation — The OCESS Logo The Ottawa Carleton Educational Space Simulation (OCESS), unofficially known as Spacesim , is a student run organization within the Ottawa Carleton District School Board that operates primarily out of Lisgar Collegiate… …
