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"Transit" was the first satellite system launched by the USA in 1960. This was for military usage.
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This proved that "highly accurate atomic clocks could be operated in space"
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Only available to Military
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24 Satellites that circle the world every 12 hours. That satellites communicate their exact location at each specific time via radio signals.
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People could search directions to any location simply by searching it on the internet
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Military stopped blurring out signals for security, and demand for GPS systems grew and became 10x more accurate
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President Bush gave more availability and access to personal GPS usage and released any user fees
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Allowed people open access signal with different frequencies
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Sprint was the first company to include GPS in their technology, creating a "family locating" piece that allowed you to locate people in your family if they had their phone on them.
