FSU*Noles NAVSTAR Geocoin
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FSU*Noles
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Thursday, June 1, 2006
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Minnesota, United States
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To travel here, there, and everywhere - in search of good friends and great adventures!
This 2006 NAVSTAR Geocoin is being released into the wild, free to travel from cache to cache. It is of course the NAVSTAR satellites that provide free positioning and timing services to all GPS users on a continuous, worldwide basis - and allow us to enjoy our lil' game!
NAVSTAR stands for Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System, and some of the key stats are outlined on the face of the coin, as pictured. The GPS space segment consists of 24 separate satellites, while the control segment consists of five monitoring stations (Hawaii, Kwajalein, Ascension Island, Diego Garcia, Colorado Springs), three ground antennas, (Ascension Island, Diego Garcia, Kwajalein), and a Master Control station located at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System is managed by the NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. Their official logo is the top picture next to this text; the bottom picture shows one face of the actual coin itself.
I think this is a very cool coin, and I'm hoping lots of people will get a chance to see and enjoy it. It's goal is simply to gather many miles, stories, and adventures as it travels - pictures are always welcome, and thanks for keeping it moving!
Fun places & things this coin has visited so far:
- 6/10/06 - Official Launch at the MnGCA Cannonball Wilderness Run! (Cannon River Wilderness Area, MN) Thanks, Arcticabn!
- 7/16/06 - Event Cache! GCJ6BH "The King Boreas 1000th Hide Cache Bash"! (Fridley, MN) Thanks, CB-GPSERS!
- 8/29/06 - State #2: Indiana! (Greensburg, IN)
- 9/14/06 - A coin-only cache in State #3: Wisconsin! (Kewaskum, WI) Thanks, Ecorangers!
- 9/23/06 - Event Cache! GCXB2M "Navarino Wildlife Area - Geocache Event"! (Shiocton, WI) Thanks, Ostracon!
- 10/22/06 - State #4: Michigan! (Mount Pleasant, MI) Thanks, Ostracon!
- 1/18/07 - A home visit with GeoPig! Thanks, geopigs...cute pic!
- 1/20/07 - MaxB on the River's world-famous back porch, and the St. Joseph River! (Niles, MI) Thanks, Max!
- 1/22/07 - State #5: Texas! (Ft. Worth, TX) Thanks, MaxB!
- 4/7/07 - Used to launch a cool new multi-cache: GC11QEB "Take A Load Off"! (Greatwood, TX) Thanks, greenehorn!
- 6/8/07 - First-ever trackable found by WYKE-5, at their very first cache find! Congrats, WYKE-5!
- 7/1/07 - Event Cache! GC13MNP "Kicken' it in Alvin!"! (Alvin, TX) Thanks, ljtxhiker!
- 7/21/07 - Event Cache! GC13N80 "Let Kingdom Come"! (Houston, TX) Thanks, Snoogans!
- 8/27/07 - Event Cache! GC155MH "A.'O.M. 5: Nothing to see here. Move along.... ;)"! (Meyerland, TX) Thanks, Zephyr01!
- 9/28/07 - Event Cache! GC150AH "Dinner on the docks" in State #6: Alabama! (Orange Beach, AL) Thanks, Zephyr01!
- 9/30/07 - State #7: Florida! (Panama City, FL) Thanks, pwcinpc!
- 10/12/07 - State #8: Georgia! (Mulberry Grove, GA) Thanks, pwcinpc!
- 11/1/07 - First-ever geocoin found by charlieedwin!! Congrats, charlieedwin!
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