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Global Positioning System

Navigation Constellation · USSF · since 1978 · active

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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 by the United States Space Force. 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 Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

Program record

Launches
77
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
97.4%
75 of 77
Upcoming
0

Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.

Launches

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