Now that Block IIF is up and running, the Air Force will shift its focus to the next series of Block III satellites for the GPS-3 constellation. Block III satellites will continue to improve the ...

GPS OCX is a ground control system designed to monitor, track and update GPS satellites and is divided into three blocks. Delivery of Block 0 occurred in the fall of 2017.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a 10-year, $329.3 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force engineer operational Global Positioning System Block IIF satellites.

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The 2nd Space Operations Squadron accepted satellite control authority of its third Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite during a ceremony here Oct. 26 ...

On Feb. 3, the Air Force plans to launch the 12th, and last, satellite in the Block IIF series of modernized GPS spacecraft. The Air Force has produced 12 IIF satellites, featuring new clocks, new ...

GPS SV03 will be deployed at T+1:29:14 – marking the end of the mission. GPS Block III As its name suggests, GPS Block III will be the third major version of the GPS satellites.

In this article, we show the efforts we have made at ESA to bring the quality of our orbit estimates for the GPS Block III satellites up to par with those for Galileo and the earlier GPS satellite ...

In January, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the latest GPS Block III satellite into orbit, called Space Vehicle 06, named after the daring pilot Amelia Earhart.

Artist's rendering of a GPS Block 2F satellite. Credit: Boeing. WASHINGTON – As the U.S. Air Force works to develop its next generation of Global Positioning System satellites, the service and ...

The GPS Block II satellite - the type launched in 1989 Many people use GPS to stop them getting lost and help them reach their final destination when on a journey. For drivers it's replaced maps ...