Lockheed Martin transported the U.S. Air Force’s second GPS III space vehicle from a processing facility in Colorado to Cape Canaveral AF Base in Florida.
The second Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite has received the “available for launch†designation from the U.S. Air Force and is now expected to lift off in 2019. Lockheed said Tuesday GPS III Space Vehicle 02 will become part of the service’s next-generation GPS III satellite constellation that will work to deliver anti-jamming capabilities to U.S. […] More
Lockheed Martin has completed a launch simulation test on the second GPS III satellite that the company built for the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed said Tuesday the GPS III SV02 satellite was hit with a 140-decibel sound during the acoustic test to simulate launch conditions and identify parts that were not properly attached. GPS III SV02 is […] More
Harris has shipped the third of 10 navigation payloads designed to help boost the accuracy, signal power and jamming resistance capacity of Global Positioning System III satellites Lockheed Martin is building for the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed is scheduled to integrate the new payload into the GPS III Space Vehicle 3 this summer, Harris said Wednesday. “We are now in […] More
Lockheed Martin will begin the environmental testing phase for the U.S. Air Force’s second GPS III satellite by summer of 2017 after it completed assembly and integration work on the satellite in May. “This testing simulates harsh launch and space environments the satellite will endure, and further reduces any risk prior to it being available […] More