Gps Iii Satellite Launch

Gps block iii previously block iiia consists of the first ten gps iii satellites which will be used to keep the navstar global positioning system operational.

Gps iii satellite launch. Launch services for sv04 through sv06 were to be. Undergoing thermal vacuum testing in december 2018. Lockheed martin designed developed and manufactured the gps iii non flight satellite testbed gnst and all ten block iii satellites. Sv04 is the fourth gps iii satellite to launch and the third to launch on a falcon 9 excluding one spacecraft which launched on the final flight of the delta iv medium rocket.

Sending into orbit the gps iii sv04 satellite for the space force. Gps iii 3 brings the third modernized gps iii satellite to the operational gps mission and the team remains ready to execute. The rocket was supposed to blast off from space launch complex 40 at cape canaveral air force station in florida at 9 43 p m. Gps iii sv04 77 space vehicle manufacturing contract awarded january 2012.

The lockheed martin built gps iii sv04 is scheduled to launch aboard a spacex falcon 9 rocket the third national security space launch nssl mission on a. The first satellite in the series was launched in december 2018. Gps iii will bring three times better accuracy and up to eight times improved anti jamming capability than its predecessor. The 15 minute launch window opens at 3 55 p m.

Space force s space and missile systems center is ready to launch the third gps iii satellite aboard a spacex falcon 9 rocket on june 30. Space force s newest global positioning system gps iii satellite space vehicle 04 gps iii sv04 rolled out to cape canaveral s space launch complex 40 september 27. The request for proposal rfp for launch services was published in june 2017 and proposals were due in august 2017.