Words: satellite triangulation
Part of speech: n
Definition: the branch of satellite geodesy in which geodetic problems are solved on the basis of positional (angular) observations of artificial earth satellites.
Example: Efforts are now under way to extend and tie together existing continental networks by satellite triangulation so as to facilitate the adjustment of all major geodetic surveys into a single world datum and determine the size and shape of the Earth spheroid with much greater accuracy than heretofore obtained.