Our global positioning system (GPS) was originally called NAVSTAR, approved by the Department of Defense in 1973.  Five years later, the first satellite went into orbit; and two years later, the constellation in six orbital planes with a minimum of four satellites per plane, began sending signals down to Earth.

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