GPS III

Americas Space 

U.S. Space Force, Lockheed Martin Upgrade OCS, Refresh GPS Constellation with New Satellites

March 29, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Ground Operational Control System (OCS), GPS III, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

The U.S. Space Force has been steadily upgrading its existing Global Positioning System (GPS) Ground Operational Control System (OCS) as

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Americas Space 

COps Program, GPS III SV02 Satellite Receive Operational Acceptance from U.S. Space Force

March 28, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, GPS III Contingency Operations Program (COps), GPS III SV02 “Magellan”, Navigation satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) achieved a major Global Positioning System milestone on March 27 with the Contingency

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Americas Space 

U.S. Space Force’s SMC Transfers Second GPS III Satellite to Space Operations Command

March 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, GPS III SV02 “Magellan”, Navigation satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), US Air Force Space Operations Command (SPOC), USA, USAF 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS)

The U.S. Space Force (USSF)’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) successfully transferred the second Global Positioning System III space

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Americas Space 

U.S. Space Force, Partners Delivers Third GPS III Satellite, SV03 “Columbus”, to Cape Canaveral AFS

February 8, 2020February 15, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Cape Canaveral AFS, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, GPS III SV03, Navigation satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

The U.S. Space Force (USSF)’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and its mission partners successfully delivered the third GPS

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Americas Space 

USAF 2nd Space Operations Squadron Sets First GPS III Satellite, SVN-74, Healthy and Active

January 19, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, Navigation satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USA-289, USAF 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS)

The U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS) set the first GPS III satellite, the Satellite Vehicle Number

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Americas Space 

GPS III Contingency Operations Program Connects with First GPS III Satellite On Orbit

October 26, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, GPS III Contingency Operations Program (COps), Navigation satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The Global Positioning System (GPS) enterprise reached another major milestone on Oct. 21, when the GPS III Contingency Operations Program

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Americas Misc 

Raytheon Completes Full GPS OCX Design and Development

October 1, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, Raytheon, Raytheon GPS OCX, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Raytheon Company’s GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, has completed full software and hardware development and entered

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Americas Space 

ULA Delta IV Rocket Launches U.S. Air Force’s GPSIII SV02 “Magellan” Satellite

August 22, 2019March 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Delta IV Medium, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, GPS III SV02 “Magellan”, Navigation satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Medium rocket launched the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III SV02) satellite,

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Americas Space 

United Launch Alliance Set to Launch Second GPS III Satellite for U.S. Air Force

August 20, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Delta IV Medium, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Navigation satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket is in final preparations to launch the second Global Positioning System III

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Americas Space 

U.S. Air Force’s Second GPS III Satellite “Magellan” Encapsulated for July 25 Launch

July 8, 2019March 24, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Astrotech Space Operations (ASO), Delta IV Medium, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, GPS III SV02 “Magellan”, Lockheed Martin, Navigation satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA

The second next-generation, Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite – nick-named “Magellan” by the U.S. Air Force — is sealed up

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