The correct chronological order, starting from the earliest to the latest, of the events in the development of GPS is as follows:
1. Launch of Sputnik by USSR in 1954, it was the first artificial satellite in orbit.
2. Launch of Transit 1B by US Navy, which happened between 1964 and 1967 and involved 6 satellites.
3. Launch of NAVSTAR satellites in 1973, it was a program that combined Army and Armed Forces technology, it was first called Navigation Technology Program.
4. Launch of additional satellites, making a total of 31 satellites in the GPS II cluster. Between 1978 and 1985, 11 satellites were launched, by 1995 the cluster was made up of 24 satellites.
