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The GPS satellite constellation<\/strong> is about to get its next heathy dose of new technology and more advanced capabilities. The second next-generation<\/strong>, Lockheed Martin<\/a> built GPS III satellite<\/a>, nick-named “Magellan<\/strong>” by the U.S. Air Force<\/a>, is sealed up and ready for its planned July 25<\/strong> launch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On June 26, Lockheed Martin Space and United Launch Alliance – ULA<\/strong> technicians completed encapsulating GPS III Space Vehicle 02<\/strong> (GPS III SV02) in its launch fairings at the company’s Astrotech Space Operations facility<\/strong>, where the satellite<\/strong> has undergone pre-launch processing and fueling since its March 19 arrival in Florida.<\/p>\n

This final step enclosed GPS III SV02<\/strong> in a protective, aerodynamic, nose-cone shell.<\/p>\n

In the coming days, the enclosed GPS III SV02 satellite<\/strong> will be mounted to a ULA Delta IV rocket<\/strong> for launch. The current window for launch on July 25 opens at 10:55 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n

“GPS III SV02 is launching just a brisk seven months after the nation’s first GPS III satellite lifted off back in December. The first satellite’s performance during on-orbit testing has exceeded expectations<\/em> – said to Spazio-News Magazine<\/a> Johnathon Caldwell, Lockheed Martin’s vice president for Navigation Systems -. We are excited to deploy more GPS III satellites so this new technology and capabilities can be distributed constellation-wide.”<\/em><\/p>\n

GPS III satellite production and launch cadence is picking up. On May 27, the Air Force<\/strong> declared the next GPS III satellite, GPS III SV03<\/a>, “Available for Launch,” pending an official launch date.<\/p>\n

“More GPS III satellites are coming. If you looked at our production line back in Denver today you would see GPS III space vehicles 04, 05 and 06 already fully-assembled and in various stages of testing. And space vehicles 07 and 08 are being built up at the component assembly level now,<\/em>” Caldwell added. “It is a smooth, efficient, methodical process<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Lockheed Martin is under contract to develop and build up to 32 GPS III\/IIIF satellites<\/strong> for the Air Force. GPS III<\/strong> will deliver three times better accuracy and provide up to eight times improved anti-jamming capabilities<\/strong>. GPS III’s new L1C civil signal<\/strong> will make it the first GPS satellite <\/strong>to be interoperable with other international global navigation satellite systems, like Galileo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Additional GPS IIIF capabilities will begin being added at the 11th<\/sup>\u00a0satellite<\/strong>. These will include a fully-digital navigation payload<\/strong>, a Regional Military Protection capability<\/strong>, an accuracy-enhancing laser retroreflector array<\/strong>, and a Search & Rescue payload<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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