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GPS overviewData input (IV) Geog 4103, sp’06, Feb 19th Adina Racoviteanu What is GPS? Global Positioning System- fully operational since 1993 24 satellites that orbit the earth in 12 hours and 5 ground control stations Space vehicles (SVs) send radio signals from space How much does it cost to maintain? Space segment Six orbital planes (with nominally four SVs in each) equally spaced (60 deg. apart) inclined at about 55 deg. with respect to the equatorial plane 12,600 miles altitude Control segment 5 ground stations located around the world monitor the GPS satellites check operational hea