Block III GPS Satellite Prototype Starts Testing By Shane McGlaun Dec. 13, 2011 10:37 am EST The use of GPS is so prevalent all around the world that a lot of people never stop to think about the ...

Like for previous GPS vehicles, the Block IIR and Block IIR-M satellites, LM has fully calibrated the GPS III transmit antennas prior to launch at their ground test facilities. Antenna offset ...

SpaceX previously launched the maiden GPS Block III satellite, SV01, on a Falcon 9 in December 2018. SV01 was the first launch contract that SpaceX won in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ...

Back in 1978, the first GPS satellite was launched into orbit. Since then, the Air Force has improved their satellite design and released new versions of GPS satellites in blocks.

GPS Block IIF satellites continue to replace aging satellites, while the Air Force prepares for the next-generation GPS III. Joey Cheng February 21, 2014 ...

The last GPS Block IIF satellite built by the Boeing Co. was sent into orbit for the U.S. Air Force today, ... GPS-3 satellites are expected to be put into orbit by United Launch Alliance or SpaceX.

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced today that its engines contributed to the successful launch of the first Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF satellite. Aerojet will continue t… ...

There are six GPS Block III satellites already in service (out of the 10 planned). The satellites are named after exploration pioneers: Vespucci, Magellan, Matthew Henson, Sacagawea, Neil ...

Jan. 6 was the last day of service for GPS satellite SVN-26. SVN-26 was a Boeing/Rockwell International Block II GPS satellite launched July 7, 1992. It was one of the first generation of operational ...

The seventh GPS Block IIR satellite was launched on January 30, 2001 and was built by Lockheed Martin. The satellite went operation on February 15, 2001 and is one of 31 satellites on-orbit today ...

A GPS III satellite stands tall at Lockheed Martin's Littleton, Colorado, facility, ... "Because it's such a weak signal, it's very, very easy to block, to jam," Goward says.

GPS stands for Global Positioning System. We use this technology every day but how does it work and why was it invented? Here we explore this vital technology.