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Image title	Timation I (rectangular object in center of photo) was successfully tested in a "piggyback"launch aboard an Air Force Thor -Agena D rocket. It was launched May 31, 1967 into a 500 nautical mile polar orbit. NRL's TIMATION program was the progenitor of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS), a revolutionary navigation system. NRL conceived of TIMATION as a way to provide accurate position and time data to terrestrial navigators by measuring the time it takes a signal to travel from a satellite to a navigator,using synchronized clocks This time navigation concept was first demonstrated with the TIMATION I satellite equipped with high-precision quartz oscillators. Position accuracy in TIMATION I demonstrations with moving boats,land vehicles, and airplanes was on the order of 1/3 nautical mile. NRL followed TIMATION I with TIMATION II (1969),TIMATION III(NTS-1, 1974), and finally TIMATION IV, or NTS-2(1977), the first demonstration satellite for NAVSTAR GPS. Launch DAte: May 31, 1967 Launch Vehicle:Thor Agena Satellite Size: 85 lbs Full Name: TIMe/navigATION satellite Purpose: Demonstrate satellite-based time navigation concept US Navy Photo/Released/RN: 08-1226-3793
Author	U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
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Short title	TIMATION
Date and time of data generation	31 May 1967
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Keywords	Timation Timed-Navigation GPS Global Positioning System NRL Navy Easton
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