Celestial Navigation

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Celestial Navigation

The process of directing a craft from one point to another by reference to celestial bodies of known coordinates.
Celestial navigation usually refers to the process as accomplished by a human operator. The same process accomplished automatically by a machine is usually termed celestial guidance or sometimes automatic celestial navigation.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use