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GPS Navstar system moves toward global coverage by 1986
The Navstar GPS project aims to place 24 satellites in orbit with 10 900 miles altitude. Four satellites are in position for phase one testing while a joint Army Navy Air Force effort led by SAMSO plans full military deployment by 1986 or 1987. Collins and Magnavox develop receiver gear with Rockwell’s Satellite Systems Division building satellites.
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U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Air Force Space and Missiles System Organization
SAMSO
Congress
Airport Trust Fund
Collins and
Magnavox
Texas Instruments
Teledyne
Collins
Derr
Navstar
Rockwell
Satellite Systems Division
California
GPS
DeGroot
Collins Government Avionics
Army Proving Grounds
Yuma
Ariz