Federal Register /Vol. 73, No. 96 / Friday, May 16, 2008 /Notices
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Abstract:The Office of Space
Commercialization seeks comments on a
plan to transition the installed base of
codeless and semi-codeless Global
Positioning System (GPS) user
equipment to next-generation
equipment utilizing the modernized
civil GPS signals known as L2C and L5.
The plan was developed under the
auspices of the National Executive
Committee for Space-Based Positioning,
Navigation, and Timing (PNT). Under
the plan, the Department of Defense, as
the operator of GPS, will continue
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enabling codeless/semi-codeless GPS
access until December 31, 2020, by
which time the L2C and L5 signals will
be available on 24 or more modernized
GPS satellites. Users should re-equip to
use the modernized signals, since
codeless/semi-codeless GPS access
cannot be assured beyond 2020.
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