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WAAS General Introduction

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Title WAAS General Introduction
Author(s) GMV.
Level Basic
Year of Publication 2011
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The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is the United States Satellite Based Augmentation System. The programme, started in 1992, is being carried out by the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)[1] and is specially developed for the civial aviation community.[2] The system, which was declared operational in late 2003,[3] currently supports thousands of aircraft approaches in more than one thousand airports in USA and Canada.

WAAS Related Articles

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The following articles include further information about different important topics related to a WAAS:

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References

  1. ^ Navigation Services - History - Satellite Navigation, [http://www.faa.gov/ FAA
  2. ^ Navigation Services - Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), [http://www.faa.gov/ FAA.]
  3. ^ Wide Area Differential GPS (WADGPS), Stanford University
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