Yet, the fact remains the same- the GPS signals were primarily confined to military use.
13. GPS was first introduced in automobiles in 1996
14. There are 31 Active Satellites in the Orbit
Thanks to the advancements that the GPS system has gone through, it has achieved to become a part of every gadget that we are using nowadays.
15. GPS is Not all about Navigation
You couldn’t be more wrong if you thought that the GPS is all and only about navigation.
More precisely, the GPS tracking device thanks to the atomic clocks that it consists of – can determine the accurate time as well.
The signals that the GPS tracking sends are used to set the time in the mobile phones.
16. GPS Shoes are the New Tracking Reality
These days besides the GPS asset trackers we can find GPS shoes as well.
In general, the GPS shoes are used to locate people with Alzheimer’s disease.
17. The GPS navigation system was invented by
Bradford Parkinson of the Applied Physics Laboratory, Ivan A. Getting of The Aerospace Corporation, and Roger L. Easton of the Naval Research Laboratory
18. No private company owns a GPS satellite
The total number of satellites out there counts to 33. Out of which only 31 satellites are in the orbit.
