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- I'm Lieutenant Colonel Maggie Sullivan,

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Program Manager for the
Global Positioning System III

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satellite vehicle program.

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I'm standing here down in
Cape Canaveral, Florida

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at the Astrotech
processing facility next to

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our satellite vehicle number three,

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the next GPS satellite
that's gonna be launched

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and join the operational constellation.

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There's something special

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about this particular launch, though,

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because it is coming very
close to the 25th anniversary

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of the full operational capability

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of the Global Positioning
System constellation.

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That's 25 years of space-based position,

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navigation, and timing
supporting the entire world

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from our commerce to our
transit to our agriculture.

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This is a shout out to
the entire community

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of science, technologists,
engineers, managers,

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everyone in industry,
government, and the whole world

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who came together to make GPS a reality.