Study of a Geo-Location System

Sandia National Laboratories Physics, 2003-04

Liaison(s): Louis Romero
Advisor(s): Weiqing Gu
Students(s): Andrew Niedermaier (PM), Todd CadwalladerOlsker (CGU), Luke Finlay (fall), Elizabeth Millan, Josh Padgett

In updating the current search-and-rescue satellite system to a geosynchronous, multi-satellite system, we can now detect a distress beacon instantaneously anywhere on the earth. Our task was to implement an algorithm that takes the data received by multiple satellites and quickly determines the location from which the original message was sent.