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Navigation
Satellite
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DATE LAUNCHED |
NATION |
NAME |
ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
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Apr. 13, 1960 |
US |
Transit 1B |
First
experimental navigation satellite. |
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Feb. 21, 1978 |
US |
Navstar |
Introduction of the global positioning system. |
|
Oct. 12, 1982 |
USSR |
Cosmos 1413-1415 |
Introduction of Soviet global positioning
system, GLONASS. |
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