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Static data for the entire system. A-GPS files are just a digital ephemeris[1], a form of trajectory tables for the satellites over (upcoming) time, so it knows when to expect certain satellites (and thus certain transponder frequencies to pick first in its search for signals to lock onto and triangulate from).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeris



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