The contract supports next-generation GPS IIIF satellites through 2030

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GPS IIIF features, including regional spot beams, will ‘change the calculus’ for adversaries

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With the final GPS III satellite scheduled to launch in March, the United States is completing the most significant upgrade to its positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) infrastructure in more […]

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The satellites are scheduled for delivery by 2031.

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The launch of GPS III SV-08 — the eighth satellite in the GPS III constellation — was originally assigned to United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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This marks the second time in recent months that the Space Force has reassigned a GPS launch from ULA to SpaceX.

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The GPS SV-10 satellite will carry an optical communications terminal developed by German aerospace manufacturer Tesat-Spacecom

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The mission named RRT-1 is the first “Rapid Response Trailblazer” launch designed to demonstrate U.S. capabilities to rapidly deploy national security satellites

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Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) III Space Vehicle 06 (SV06) completed encapsulation within the Falcon 9 payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida ahead of […]

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