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From International Astronautical Federation
 Tuesday 28 September 2010 18:30-19:30 Over the past 30 years, a new utility has come into being. It has stealthily crept into the fabric of worldwide society and created dependencies that did not exist before. This utility is known as the Global Positioning System or GPS. With over a billion GPS receivers in use, this stunning achievement has truly revolutionized the way the world functions in the 21st century. Today, the loss of GPS signals would have catastrophic consequences. So, how did GPS come into being? What technologies were essential to its success? Who developed those technologies? Recently there have been a number of GPS histories published that are very inaccurate on these subjects. . The purpose of this talk is to trace the true origins of GPS; in so doing, to give credit to many of the original engineers and technologists of GPS whose contributions have almost been lost. In addition, solutions to the challenges will offer “lessons learned” for the newer Global Navigation Satellite Systems.
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