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How was gps discovered?

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It was invented in the 1960's by the military. Originally there were five satellites orbiting the earth that allowed ships to fix their position on the seas once every hour. Today's GPS network has around 30 active satellites.

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it wasn't discovered, it was developed.

In theory having satellites to detect your approximate distance and therefore be able to tell you correct location sounded good, when it was tested it worked. Thus GPS was created.

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