Art by John Polgreen from “Man-Made Satellites” by Willy Ley. Poughkeepsie: Guild Press, (1957)

            For an orbiting satellite to be used in navigation, tables must be prepared after firing with the help of special tracking telescopes.  Tabulating the orbit of the navigational satellite, “a few-score observations, made from various points on the ground over a period of two or three weeks, should be enough.  It is quite possible that the navigational satellite could also be used as a radar target by which long-distance self-navigating missiles would steer their course.  When such a device has been built for missiles, it might also be used by airliners.”  [Summarizing and Quoting from the text]
   

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