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trilateration

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trilateration

See triangulation.


trilateration [trī‚lad·ə′rā·shən]
(engineering)
The measurement of a series of distances between points on the surface of the earth, for the purpose of establishing relative positions of the points in surveying.


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Data collected through trilateration was used to generate the six Keplerian orbital elements (a, e, i, [OMEGA], [omega], M) that described the shape and orientation of the satellite's orbit at a given epoch.
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