UTC
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Air Force retired one of GPS’s oldest satellites, a flawed update caused 15 satellites to broadcast UTC timing data that was off by 13 microseconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Asteroid 2025 TF passed over Antarctica at 00:47:26 UTC ± 18 seconds on October 1, coming within 428 ± 7 km of Earth's surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2025
According to the company's service status dashboard, the incident began at 10:53 UTC.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
In 2022, the UTC allowed PSE to recover a portion of the facility costs from ratepayers to be approved at a later date.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
The structure of the UTC has undergone a number of changes since it was originally established.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.
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