Oldest GPS nears retirement after 25 years in service
Date: Thursday, January 14 @ 11:33:29 UTC
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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.
This will be the 72nd GPS satellite launch.
Source:Spaceflight Now
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