2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
GPS- Global Positioning System
The GPS system is based on a constellation of 24 satellites that are evenly spread across
six circular orbital planes with a height of around 20200 km. Orbits in this height are
referred to as medium earth orbit (MEO).
Each satellite has an atomic clock and follows a known orbit: GPS receivers use the time
information regularly transmitted by the satellites and the time elapsed for receiving this
signal from each satellite to compute their positions.