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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...
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    GPS Block III (previously Block IIIA) consists of the first ten GPS III satellites, which will be used to keep the Navstar Global Positioning System operational...
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    launched. 4 Block III satellites have completed construction and have been declared "Available For Launch" (AFL). The next launch is GPS III SV07, originally...
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  • GPS Block IIIF, or GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF), is the second set of GPS Block III satellites, consisting of up to 22 space vehicles. The United States...
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    The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated...
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    GPS Block IIF, or GPS IIF is an interim class of GPS (satellite) which were used to bridge the gap between previous Navstar Global Positioning System...
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    GPS signals are broadcast by Global Positioning System satellites to enable satellite navigation. Receivers on or near the Earth's surface can determine...
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    GPS satellites would not be capable of implementing Selective Availability; the wave of Block IIF satellites launched in 2009, and all subsequent GPS...
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  • GLONASS (redirect from Glonass (satellite))
    Positioning System (GPS) and is the second navigational system in operation with global coverage and of comparable precision. Satellite navigation devices...
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    of GPS 3 satellite". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2016. "SpaceX launches third GPS Block III satellite"....
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    USA-343 (redirect from GPS III-06)
    Positioning System. It was the sixth GPS Block III satellite to be launched. SV06 is the sixth GPS Block III satellite. It was declared operational on 31...
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    GPS IIR-1 or GPS SVN-42 was the first Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched. It was to have been operated as part of the United States Air Force Global...
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    such as GPS satellites that serve both civilian and military purposes. As of December 2018 there are 320 known military or dual-use satellites in the sky...
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    residual errors which are not corrected. GPS receiver position is computed based on data received from the satellites. Errors depend on geometric dilution...
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    US's GPS. It consists of satellites in three different orbits, including 24 satellites in medium-circle orbits (covering the world), 3 satellites in inclined...
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    delay from satellites and their orbit's predictability are used in satellite navigation systems, such as GPS. Space probes are satellites designed for...
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    USA-203 (category GPS satellites)
    USA-203, also known as GPS IIR-20(M), GPS IIRM-7 and GPS SVN-49, is an American navigation satellite which was intended to become part of the Global Positioning...
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    USA-319 (redirect from GPS III-05)
    Positioning System. It was the fifth GPS Block III satellite to be launched. SV05 is the fifth GPS Block III satellite. Satellite construction was completed in...
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  • ninth of eleven Block I GPS satellites to be launched, and the first satellite to receive a USA designation. Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed...
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    satellites in a timely manner (every 5 seconds or better). Those satellites broadcast the correction messages back to Earth, where WAAS-enabled GPS receivers...
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    USA-132 (category GPS satellites)
    as GPS IIR-2 and GPS SVN-43, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the second Block IIR GPS satellite...
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  • Lockheed Martin A2100 (category Satellite buses)
    as well as GOES-R weather satellites and GPS Block IIIA satellites. Over 40 satellites use the A2100 bus. The first satellite, AMC-1, was launched September...
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    USA-289 (redirect from GPS-III SV01)
    as GPS-III SV01 or Vespucci, is a United States navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the first GPS Block III...
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    USA-145 (category GPS satellites)
    as GPS IIR-3 and GPS SVN-46, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the third Block IIR GPS satellite...
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  • and GPS. Wellesley: Wellesley-Cambridge Press. pp. 507-508. ISBN 9780961408862. Leick, A.; Rapoport, L.; Tatarnikov, D. (2015). GPS Satellite Surveying...
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    Next Set of GPS III Satellites". GPS World. 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2017. "GPS Status and...
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    USA-232 (redirect from GPS IIF SV-2)
    GPS IIF-2, and GPS SVN-63, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the second of twelve Block IIF...
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    USA-242 (redirect from GPS IIF-4)
    15 May 2013 and became operational on 21 June 2013. The fourth Block IIF GPS satellite, it forms part of the Global Positioning System. USA-242 is a 1...
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    Radio clock (redirect from GPS clock)
    of milliseconds. GPS satellite receivers also internally generate accurate time information from the satellite signals. Dedicated GPS timing receivers...
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    USA-256 (category GPS satellites)
    USA-256, also known as GPS IIF-7, GPS SVN-68 and NAVSTAR 71, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It...
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