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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I am pretty certain that there is more than one back up facility and they probably get lots of training and testing.

In a rational world I'd be certain of that.

17 posted on 11/21/2011 1:07:27 PM PST by null and void (MSGT Dean Hopkins USMC (ret) WWII-Korea-Vietnam 11/9/1925-10/22/2011 My hero, my Dad)
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To: null and void
In a rational world I'd be certain of that.

Thanks for ruining any hope I had!
33 posted on 11/21/2011 1:20:26 PM PST by arderkrag (Georgia is God's Country. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
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To: null and void

There is. Been there.

Colonel, USAFR


52 posted on 11/21/2011 1:46:18 PM PST by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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To: null and void

I didn’t have a chance to research it, but I sort of remember reading that there are two back up sites. Just a guess, but they probably have significant remoting capabilities, just in case of the big one. Did find this:

Ground Stations
The GPS control segment consists of several ground stations located around the world.

•A master control station at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado

•Six unstaffed monitoring stations: Hawaii and Kwajalein in the Pacific Ocean; Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean; Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean; Cape Canaveral, Florida and Colorado Springs, Colorado

•Four large ground-antenna stations that send commands and data up to the satellites and collect telemetry back from them.
The monitor stations track the navigation signals and send their data back to the master control station. There, the controllers determine any adjustments or updates to the navigation signals needed to maintain precise navigation and update the satellites via the ground antennas. To further improve system accuracy, in 2005, the master control station added data from six monitor stations operated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to the six GPS monitor stations.

http://www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/elements.html


57 posted on 11/21/2011 1:59:35 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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