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OPS 9794 also known as Navstar 8 GPS I-8 and GPS SVN-8 was an American navigation satellite launched in 1983 as part of the Global Positioning System development program. It was the eighth of eleven Block I GPS satellites to be launched.OPS 9794 was launched at 10:21 UTC on 14 July 1983 atop an Atlas E/F carrier rocket with an SGS-2 upper stage. The Atlas used had the serial number 75E and was originally built as an Atlas E.