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Oldest GPS nears retirement after 25 years in service
Article by: Darren Griffin Date: 14 Jan 2016
Stacking has begun ahead of the morning launch of the latest Block 2F GPS satellite, GPS 2F-12, which will launch from Cape Canaveral on Feb 3.
This will replace the oldest active GPS satellite, GPS 2A-10, which launched way back in 1990. As is standard practice when these satellites reach the end of their life it will be boosted into a graveyard parking orbit and powered down.
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