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<PITHIA_Identifier>
<localID>Platform_COSMIC</localID>
<namespace>ucar</namespace>
<version>1</version>
<creationDate>2023-12-04T12:00:00Z</creationDate>
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</PITHIA_Identifier>
</identifier>
<name>COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Constellation and GPS Transmitters</name>
<shortName>COSMIC</shortName>
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<description>
The UCAR COSMIC Program was designed to use GPS satellites in conjunction with low Earth orbiting
(LEO) satellites as a follow-on to a successful GPS/MET GPS radio occultation (RO) mission in the mid 1990s.
</description>
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</Platform>