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Newest GPS satellite declared operational

Submit on Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 06:19

The modernised Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral on 17 October, has been declared fully operational following a successful on-orbit checkout by a combined U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team.

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