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Federal Register /Vol. 73, No. 96 / Friday, May 16, 2008 /Notices

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    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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