U.S. Space Force accepts control of GPS III SV02 amidst global pandemic
April 1, 2020
The second GPS III satellite, nicknamed Magellan, has been designated healthy and usable. According to a Notice of […]
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The second GPS III satellite, nicknamed Magellan, has been designated healthy and usable. According to a Notice of […]
L3Harris Technologies has reached a major milestone in the U.S. Air Force’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) project — […]
By Colonel John Claxton Chief, PNT Mission Integration, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center The Global Positioning […]
The 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS), based at Schriever Air Force Base, will implement the GPS Issue of […]
U.S. Coast Guard issues testing notice on GPS Week Number Rollover. The GPS Directorate has released a Federal […]
Current Capability and Future Promise
GPS signals are so weak, they cannot be used reliably where they are obstructed such as indoors or in concrete canyons. But if the satellites were much closer, their signals would be much stronger. The low Earth orbit Iridium constellation is already orbiting, and providing a PNT service. This month we learn about its current capability and future promise.
Lockheed Martin has completed a major upgrade to modernize the current ground control system of the U.S. Air […]
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