2007-04-17 10:10:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The U.S military developed the system and launched the first satellite in 1978, but the system was not operational until 1993.
2007-04-17 10:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United States. Actually, listening to the Doppler shift in the beeps from the Soviet Sputnik as it orbited gave the U.S. the idea, and the U.S. launched a limited SatNav system called Transit (based on Doppler) back in the 1960s. Then the U.S. formed a project in 1973 to develop a better system, which resulted in today's GPS system. The first of the GPS satellites was launched in 1978.
The Russians were second, as they began to orbit the GLONASS system.
2007-04-17 10:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by KevinStud99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its "global" son not "dlobal" damn, It was the United States, and the first ones to use it was the military.
2007-04-20 16:04:07 · answer #3 · answered by hilltopobservatory 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋