
The global positioning system (GPS) was developed by the US Department of Defense in the early 1970s to serve military navigational requirements. The first satellite was launched in 1978 and the system was declared operational in 1995. It is based on a network of at least 24 satellites (with room for six further satellites) orbiting the Earth in nearly circular orbits with a mean radius of about 26,560 km.
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