Bird No. 52 is up!

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The latest replacement satelite has been sent into orbit with the rest of the constellation.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d308/

There are a couple of remarkable things about these birds that should be pointed out. Their price is coming down; this one only cost $45M. And, they are lasting a lot longer than their design life of seven years. #52 will replace a bird launched in 1991.

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All systems are Go!
Bird 52 is now operational.
This means more reliable locations.
Yada, yada, yada.

The story is here: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/30gps/

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