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Article: GPS GOES TO WAR - GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM IN OPERATION DESERT STORM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 24, 2008
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The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
By Kaleb DissingerArmy Heritage Museum
Many people may not realize when and where Global Positioning System (GPS) technology came to fruition. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System was first introduced by the US Air Force in the mid1960s, eventually becoming a Department of Defense (DOD) project. The system was designed to determine positional information on Earth through the use of a constellation of orbiting satellites. The first GPS satellite was placed in orbit In 1978. Once complete, the system was to have 24 satellites, providing unlimited two and three-dimensional coverage 24 hours a day. When the U.S. Army deployed for Operation ...