GPS III space vehicles will introduce new capabilities to meet higher demands of both military and civilian users. It brings the full capability to use M-Code in support of warfighter operations.

Two of the new GPS III satellites are already in space; the next six are in this room, in various stages of construction. Each one is built by hand, and takes 18 months to complete.

The U.S. Air Force Second Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS) has issued a statement that the first GPS III satellite is available for backup. While occupying the same plane as SV-68, the new satellite ...

The first GPS III satellite launched by Lockheed Martin cost an estimated $529 million to build. And with nine more satellites planned, the GPS III project will climb to a whopping $5.5 billion ...

The GPS III satellite armada will eventually make our GPS technology more accurate, but we’re not quite there yet. Just three satellites have been launched thus far, and only one of them is ...

This means the U.S. military will be able to use GPS III satellites’ directional antennas to boost the power of military GPS signals by 100 times in particular regions, making military GPS will ...

The first GPS III satellite will deploy its solar arrays and antennas, and begin testing, in the coming days after it reaches operational orbit 12,550 miles above Earth.

“This allowed our squadron to control the new satellite without a next-generation operational control system. The 2nd SOPS training and evaluations flight was able to expeditiously give our operators ...

The launch was the second in a series the Space Force is running to test its ability to launch high-value satellites in ...

L ess than three weeks after its launch, the first GPS III satellite, SVN74, started transmitting navigation signals. SVN74 uses the pseudorandom noise (PRN) code number G04 previously used by the ...

GPS III SV-08 satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin. WASHINGTON — SpaceX is gearing up to launch a Global Positioning System satellite for the U.S. military on May 30 from Cape Canaveral Space ...

“While the first GPS III satellite has a known parts problem, six follow-on satellites—which do not —are currently scheduled to be launched by June 2021.” A Long List of Bad News.