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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: NAVSTAR
Message-ID: <1988Oct21.170557.16401@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 88 17:05:57 GMT

In article <3551@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>	Does anybody know if NAVSTAR is operational yet? ...

No, it's still experimental.  The production satellites were meant for
shuttle launch.  They were behind schedule even before Challenger.  They
are now, mostly at least, going up on expendables, but that too implies
delays while expendable production ramps up again.
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