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2. List of GPS satellites - Wikipedia

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   Samples of three GPS satellites' orbits over a five-year period (2013 to 2018) USA-242 · USA-239 · USA-151 · Earth As of 19 December 2024, 83 Global Positioning System navigation satellites have been built: 30 are launched and operational, 1 is launched and undergoing the commissioning process, 3 are in reserve or testing, 43 are retired, 2 were lost during launch, and 1 prototype was never ...

3. Global Positioning System - Wikipedia

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   The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, [2] is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the ...

4. GPS satellite blocks - Wikipedia

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   GPS satellite blocks are the various production generations of the Global Positioning System (GPS) used for satellite navigation. The first satellite in the system, Navstar 1, was launched by the United States Air Force on 22 February 1978. [ 1 ]

5. Satellite navigation - Wikipedia

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   A satellite navigation system with global coverage is termed global navigation satellite system (GNSS). As of 2024, four global systems are operational: the United States's Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System , China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), [1] and the European Union's Galileo.

6. GPS Block III - Wikipedia

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   The United States' Global Positioning System (GPS) reached Full Operational Capability on 17 July 1995, [9] completing its original design goals. Advances in technology and new demands on the existing system led to the effort to modernize the GPS system. In 2000, the U.S. Congress authorized the effort, referred to as GPS III.

7. GPS signals - Wikipedia

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   GPS signals are broadcast by Global Positioning System satellites to enable satellite navigation.Using these signals, receivers on or near the Earth's surface can determine Position, Velocity and Time (PVT) of the receiver.