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The GPS (global positioning system) satellite is far more accurate and easy to use. As to which is more important, that is a tough question, and depends upon your circumstances.
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What can you find out about sextant?
you can find sextant on history.com
What is the sextant used for?
you use a sextant to navigate.
Why is it more valuable for more than one Landsat satellite to be orbiting Earth at the same time?
It's important that more than one Landsat satellite because one satellite can orbit the whole earth so if more come than it will take 18 days to scan the earth
Why is it valuable for more than one landsat satellite to be orbiting at the same time?
It's important that more than one Landsat satellite because one satellite can orbit the whole earth so if more come than it will take 18 days to scan the earth
How do you draw a sextant?
you draw a sextant by looking at googler in the images.
Why spin motion is important for satellite?
Spin motion establishes a direction for the satellite to point to and stabilizes the satellite.
How do you use the word sextant in a sentence?
the sextant helped me navagate my way to alaska
Which is the most important satellite?
the moon
Why is the satellite important to science?
The satellite is important to science because that's how we are able to tell the weather days ahead before it comes.
Why sextant is named so?
as sextant consists a graduated circular arc that is of 60 degree so, arc forms one-sixth of a circle ,hence the name sextant
Why is it valuable for more than one Landsat to be orbiting earth at the same time?
It's important that more than one Landsat satellite because one satellite can orbit the whole earth so if more come than it will take 18 days to scan the earth
How many years sextant becomes a symbol of navigation?
how many years that the sextant become a symbol of navigation
