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Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Roughly 12,550 miles above Earth, a constellation of U.S. global positioning satellites orbits the planet. GPS satellites also carry a sophisticated system designed to detect above ground nuclear detonations anytime, anywhere. The Global Burst Detection system, developed by Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories, carries a suite…

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