(navigation) A type of wide-area DGPS, intended for aviation users in enroute, terminal, nonprecision approach, and category I (or near category I) precision approach phases of flight, in which the error corrections are broadcast from geostationary satellites and are useful throughout the geographic areas in which these satellites are visible. Abbreviated SBAS.
SBAS
| Sci-Tech Dictionary: satellite-based augmentation system |
(¦sad·əl′īt ′bāst ′ög·mən′tā·shən ′sis·təm)
| 5min Related Video: SBAS |
| Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: SBAS |
(Satellite-Based Augmentation System) See GPS augmentation system.
Download Computer Desktop Encyclopedia to your iPhone/iTouch
Learn More
 | GPS augmentation system (technology) |
| Student bar association |
| GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Sci-Tech Dictionary. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Copyright © 2003, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1978, 1976, 1974 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. THIS COPYRIGHTED DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher. © 1981-2009 Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
ADVERTISEMENT
