Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division

CTL-E-3870 · Institution · other · 1956-present

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U.S. Navy research center at Dahlgren, Virginia (formerly the Naval Proving Ground), where Gladys West worked 1956-1998 on satellite-data processing, the Seasat radar altimetry project, and the geodetic Earth-shape models that underpinned GPS.

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Also known as: Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, NSWC Dahlgren

Notes

RELP88 new supporting entity: employer of Gladys West (affiliated_with target).

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Gladys West — affiliated with → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Gladys West

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