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News: 20 years of GPS Service marked by launch of latest Satellite

The GPS satellite network saw its first launch in February 1978. Following a somewhat lengthy test and deployment phase it was declared operational on the 17th July 1995, 20 years ago. The initial satellites were designated GPS Block I. Over the years these have been upgraded and the latest satellite to be launched on Wednesday 15th July 2015 is designated GPS IIF-10, the tenth in the Block IIF range.

The launch took place at 11:56pm EDT launching into blue skies with scattered clouds the Atlas V performed flawlessly depositing the GPS satellite into the preplanned orbit. The GPS satellite will now undergo a series of tests before being commissioned and integrated into the operational NAVSTAR GPS constellation.

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Posted on Thursday, July 16 @ 13:22:02 UTC by Mike Barrett


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