navigation satellite
navigation satellite artificial satellite designed expressly to aid the navigation of sea and air traffic. Early navigation satellites, from the Transit series launched in 1960 to the U.S. navy's Navigation Satellite System, relied on the Doppler shift. Based on the shift in the satellite's frequency, a ship at sea could accurately determine its longitude and latitude. The Global Positioning System (GPS), which uses a web of 24 Navstar satellites in 12-hour orbits, employs the more accurate triangulation method to determine position. Each satellite broadcasts time and position messages continuously. Precise to within a few yards, the GPS can also be used for nonnavigation purposes, such as surveying, tracking migrating animals, and plotting the crop yields of small sections of farmland. The former Soviet Union established a Navstar-equivalent system known as the Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). Russia's GLONASS will use the same number of satellites and orbits similar to those of Navstar when complete.
Bibliography: See T. Logsdon, Understanding the Navstar: GPS, GIS, and IVHS (1995); B. Hofmann-Wellenhoff, Global Positioning System: Theory and Practice (1997).
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CLEMSON PLAYERS PRESENT 'THE BURIAL AT THEBES'
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/6/2006; 638 words
; ...Players will present "The Burial at Thebes," a stirring new translation of Sophocles...Arts Feb. 23-26. "The Burial at Thebes" was written by Irish Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney. "'The Burial at Thebes' portrays the struggle between loyalty...
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The Burial at Thebes: A Poetic Rendering of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney
Magazine article from: Western European Stages; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Theatre's production of The Burial at Thebes, a translation/adaptation of Sophocles...Just as Creon forced the citi/ens of Thebes into an either/or situation in relation...the dutiful sibling Antigone. Burial at Thebes is really an examination of a ruler brought...
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Festival's? 'Thebes' at Long Wharf exemplary
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 6/17/2008; ; 630 words
; ...Company's production of "The Burial at Thebes," Nobel prize- winning poet Seamus...to transport their audience to ancient Thebes (thanks to Jessica Curtis' quintessentially...head-on. Paul Basham's Creon, Thebes' head of state who declares his dead...
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Theatre reviews: Messiah and The seven against Thebes
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 11/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...praises. Run ended The Seven Against Thebes Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow *** FOR those...of Anton Arrufat's The Seven Against Thebes may come as a surprise. Written in 1968...s siege of his brother Eteocles's Thebes was interpreted as "defeatist" by the...
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Queen Of Thebes usurps Hannon pair; WINDSOR.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/1/2008; 642 words
; Byline: by Bruce Jackson QUEEN OF THEBES made a winning debut in some style to...they had to play bridesmaids to Queen Of Thebes, who was giving trainer Gary Moore a...fortnight. Star performance Queen Of Thebes, a taking filly making a winning debut
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Luxor Museum; the glory of ancient Thebes, 2d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 480 words
; ...9789771723523 Luxor Museum; the glory of ancient Thebes, 2d ed. el Shahawy, Abeer, American...of several books. Focusing on ancient Thebes, she presents a selection of masterpieces...providing an overview of the history of Thebes, is followed by color photographs of...
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"Four Women of Thebes"@head.review:"Four Women of Thebes"
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/31/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...small. Indeed, the company's staging of "Four Women of Thebes," now in one of the Athenaeum Theatre's studio spaces...Far less successful are the scenes in which the citizens of Thebes race around in a panic about the ever-widening reach of a...
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Le Roman de Thebes: Edition bilingue.(EDITIONS OF TEXTS)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2009; ; 618 words
; Le Roman de Thebes: Edition bilingue, ed. and trans...euro]. The importance of the Roman de Thebes--the least known perhaps of the romans...for the opportunity to know the Roman de Thebes better--and to effect comparisons between...
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Seven set to go mad in Cardiff show; Preview Seven Go Mad In Thebes! The Gate, Cardiff.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/17/2008; 597 words
; ...Hennessy's acclaimed piece Seven Go Mad in Thebes! Directed by Alison Comley, it's basically a battle of the sexes as the women of Thebes are in revolt. Tired of their menfolk...war-mongering, they flee civilised Thebes for a life of sex, drugs, rock 'n...
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theatre 2 The Burial at Thebes Ubu the King
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/13/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...BROTHER lies dead on the battlefield outside Thebes having attacked the city-state. Though...translate it anew. Renamed The Burial at Thebes, his version had its British premiere...jarring. The reason to see The Burial at Thebes, though, is to feel the force of Heaney...
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Thebes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thebes chief city of Boeotia, in ancient Greece. It was originally a Mycenaean city. Thebes is rich in associations with Greek legend and religion (see Oedipus ; the Seven against Thebes ; Epigoni ). Sometime before 1000 BC...
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Seven against Thebes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Seven against Thebes in Greek legend, seven heroes&mdash...mdash;who made war on Eteocles, king of Thebes. After the banishment of Oedipus, his...expedition known as the Seven against Thebes. All were killed except Adrastus. When...
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Paul of Thebes, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Paul of Thebes, St (d. c. 340), traditionally the first Christian hermit . He apparently fled to the desert in the Decian persecution (249–51). St Antony is said to have visited him when he was 113 years old, and later to have buried him. Feast day, 15 Jan.
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Oedipus
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes*. The oracle at Delphi* told them that...to Corinth. Instead, he headed toward Thebes. oracle priest or priestess or other...Oedipus killed the stranger and went on to Thebes. He found the city in great distress...
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Agesilaus II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...peace with Persian backing in 386. Thebes alone remained independent; Agesilaus mustered his troops and subdued Thebes. The King's Peace, as it was called...and 379 he subdued Mantinea, Phlius, Thebes, and the Chalcidian League. Sparta...
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