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Lifeline · gps.gov over time
Checked in the last 30 daysOlder, dated recordFrom registration records
Registered 27 years ago · on AboutUs since 2009 · 1 registrar change since Nov 30, 2023 · no registrant change on record since 2023 · last checked Sep 22, 2026.
Registration
RegisteredApr 22, 1999gps.gov was registered on Apr 22, 1999.Source: RDAP, fetched Sep 22, 2026
AboutUs record
AboutUs wiki pageMay 13, 2009 – Nov 10, 2013An AboutUs wiki page described gps.gov from May 13, 2009 to Nov 10, 2013 (3 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023Said about itself in 2009Jul 1, 2009
Registrar
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyNov 30, 2023 – Oct 24, 2024Registrar Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the WHOIS and RDAP records held for gps.gov, from Nov 30, 2023 to Oct 24, 2024.Source: WHOIS / RDAP archive (who.is)
Registrant
Registrant recordsNov 30, 2023 – Jun 15, 2026Registration records for gps.gov are held from Nov 30, 2023 to Jun 15, 2026 (31 records). None shows a change of registrant. Privacy-service and redaction changes, renames of the same organization and new contacts at it are not counted.Source: WHOIS / RDAP archive (who.is); counted by registrant name and organization only
No registrant changes recorded, 2023–2026
Zone file
Nameservers: noaa.govNameservers: noaa.govNov 30, 2023 – Jun 15, 2026Registration records listed noaa.gov nameservers (ns-01.noaa.gov, ns-02.noaa.gov, ns-03.noaa.gov) for gps.gov from Nov 30, 2023 to Jun 15, 2026.Source: From registration records (WHOIS / RDAP archive, who.is)
Certificate
AmazonAmazonSep 17, 2025 – Nov 15, 2026Amazon issued 4 certificates for gps.gov from Sep 17, 2025, the latest valid until Apr 9, 2027.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)Let's EncryptApr 21, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026
200020102020Jan ’26Oct ’26← last 12 months, drawn wider
Every dated fact on this lifeline (11)
Apr 22, 1999Registration: gps.gov was registered on Apr 22, 1999.Source: RDAP, fetched Sep 22, 2026
May 13, 2009 – Nov 10, 2013AboutUs record: An AboutUs wiki page described gps.gov from May 13, 2009 to Nov 10, 2013 (3 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023
Jul 1, 2009AboutUs record: “Public information about the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other space-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2009
Nov 30, 2023 – Oct 24, 2024Registrar: Registrar Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the WHOIS and RDAP records held for gps.gov, from Nov 30, 2023 to Oct 24, 2024.Source: WHOIS / RDAP archive (who.is)
Nov 30, 2023 – Jun 15, 2026Registrant: Registration records for gps.gov are held from Nov 30, 2023 to Jun 15, 2026 (31 records). None shows a change of registrant. Privacy-service and redaction changes, renames of the same organization and new contacts at it are not counted.Source: WHOIS / RDAP archive (who.is); counted by registrant name and organization only
Nov 30, 2023 – Jun 15, 2026
“Public information about the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other space-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems”
Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2009
Current AboutUs recordJul 18, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026 (latest)Authority and Safety last refreshed Sep 22, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
get.gov
Dec 28, 2024 – Jun 15, 2026 (latest)
Registrar get.gov (IANA 8888888) in the WHOIS and RDAP records held for gps.gov, from Dec 28, 2024 to Jun 15, 2026.
Source: WHOIS / RDAP archive (who.is)
Seen in the .gov zone file
Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026 (latest)
First seen in the .gov zone file records AboutUs holds on Jul 28, 2026; latest sighting Jul 29, 2026.
Source: ICANN CZDS zone file
Let's Encrypt issued 4 certificates for gps.gov from Apr 21, 2026, the latest valid until Jan 17, 2027.
Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)
Zone file: Registration records listed noaa.gov nameservers (ns-01.noaa.gov, ns-02.noaa.gov, ns-03.noaa.gov) for gps.gov from Nov 30, 2023 to Jun 15, 2026.Source: From registration records (WHOIS / RDAP archive, who.is)
Dec 28, 2024 – Jun 15, 2026Registrar: Registrar get.gov (IANA 8888888) in the WHOIS and RDAP records held for gps.gov, from Dec 28, 2024 to Jun 15, 2026.Source: WHOIS / RDAP archive (who.is)
Sep 17, 2025 – Nov 15, 2026Certificate: Amazon issued 4 certificates for gps.gov from Sep 17, 2025, the latest valid until Apr 9, 2027.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)
Apr 21, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026Certificate: Let's Encrypt issued 4 certificates for gps.gov from Apr 21, 2026, the latest valid until Jan 17, 2027.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)
Jul 18, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026AboutUs record: Authority and Safety last refreshed Sep 22, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026Zone file: First seen in the .gov zone file records AboutUs holds on Jul 28, 2026; latest sighting Jul 29, 2026.Source: ICANN CZDS zone file
Registered 1999 · site is live · HTTPS valid
gps.gov has an AboutUs profile for public website intelligence, ownership context, trust signals, monitoring, and owner verification.
We withhold an authority number until independent evidence (global rank, link-graph presence) has accrued. The facts we do have about this site are shown below — we'd rather say “not enough signals yet” than invent a low score.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 54 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 54 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
What gps.gov said about itself, 2009
Quoted from the site's AboutUs wiki page in each year it changed (1 version). These are the page's own words at the time, not AboutUs's assessment. New words · dropped words
2009
Public information about the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other space-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
1999
Domain registered (Apr 22, 1999).
2009
First tracked by AboutUs (May 13, 2009); profile edited 3 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“GPS.gov has public information about the Global Positioning System”