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GPS TO ROLL OVER SATURDAY

DENVER-The global positioning system this Saturday evening will experience its first end-of-week rollover, a phenomenon that will occur once every 20 years.

When the GPS system was launched, the system’s designers limited the week counter to 1,023, and Saturday, the system will roll over to zero. Industry experts are unsure what effect the rollover will have on GPS receivers, although newer receivers are expected to function normally during the rollover.

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