Navigation & Timekeeping · Recorded milestone
GPS
Recorded year1995
The 24-satellite Global Positioning System reaches full operation, built on atomic clocks in orbit.
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- General relativityRecorded · 1915enables
- Silicon solar cellRecorded · 1954requires
- Atomic clockRecorded · 1955enables
- First satelliteRecorded · 1957enables
- Integrated circuitRecorded · 1958enables
- Kalman filterRecorded · 1960enables
- Transit satellite navigationRecorded · 1964enables
- MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
Led to
- Long-range military droneRecorded · 1995enables
- Electric kick scooterRecorded · 1996enables
- GPS plate trackingRecorded · 1996enables
- GPS-guided munitionsRecorded · 1997enables
- Portable sat-navRecorded · 1998enables
- Argo float networkRecorded · 2000enables
- Full-accuracy civilian GPSRecorded · 2000enables
- GPS precision farmingRecorded · 2000enables
- Gravity-mapping satellitesRecorded · 2002enables
- Nationwide laser height mapRecorded · 2003enables
- Satellite SOS in your pocketRecorded · 2003enables
- Volunteer world mapRecorded · 2004enables
- Self-driving car challengeRecorded · 2005enables
- GPS radio occultationRecorded · 2006enables
- Street-level imageryRecorded · 2007requires
- Driverless haul trucksRecorded · 2008enables
- Location-based dating appsRecorded · 2009enables
- Airborne forest lidarRecorded · 2010enables
- Consumer dronesRecorded · 2010enables
- Ride-hailing appsRecorded · 2010enables
- Drone mapping kitRecorded · 2012requires
- App-based restaurant deliveryRecorded · 2013enables
- Item-finder tagRecorded · 2014enables
- Reusable orbital boosterRecorded · 2015enables
- Galileo satellite navigationRecorded · 2016enables
- Location-based AR gameRecorded · 2016enables
- Sidewalk delivery robotsRecorded · 2018enables
- 5GRecorded · 2019requires
- Driverless robotaxi serviceRecorded · 2020enables
- GPS signals used on the MoonRecorded · 2025enables
- Robot guide for blind peopleForecast · ~2027requires
- Second-by-second insuranceForecast · ~2028requires
- Shipping steered around whalesForecast · ~2028requires
- Low-orbit navigation satellitesForecast · ~2029enables
- Autonomous cargo shipsForecast · ~2030requires
- Complete seabed mapForecast · ~2040requires
- Protected, tracked marine giantsForecast · ~2062requires
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.