From September 7 to September 11, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) will conduct what I like to call a "Tim the Tool Man Taylor" more-power exercise, which they have chosen to more appropriately call a Flex-Power Space and Control Segment Integration Checkout. No one really expects any problems to...More>>

The U.S. Department of Defense has totally revamped the USAF portion of National Security Space. A communiqué on this subject has appeared, signed by the Under Secretary for the Air Force, although the changes it puts in place are of an order of importance that certainly indicates decisions taken...More>>

GPS satellite SVN62 (PRN25) was set healthy today (27 August) at 04:10 UTC. The satellite, the first of 12 Block IIFs, was launched on 28 May 2010 and went through a three-month evaluation and commissioning period. More>>

The GPS Wing announces that Rockwell Collins has delivered 21 prototype ground-based GPS receiver application module modernized receivers, which were developed under the GPS Wing’s Receiver Card Development program. These GB-GRAM-M receivers have completed the contractor’s formal qualification...More>>

The 50th Space Wing's 2nd Space Operations Squadron accepted command and control of the first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The 45th Space Wing at Patrick AFB successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Medium rocket carrying the first Boeing-built...More>>

The National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing has begun publishing GPS Tracker, an electronic newsletter about GPS and related policy issues.More>>

The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation GPS, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the program's Critical Design Review (CDR) phase two months ahead of the baseline schedule. CDR completion validates the detailed GPS III design to ensure it meets warfighter...More>>

The rubidium atomic clock in use on SVN62, the first block IIF satellite that was launched on May 28, 2010, is not living up to expectations, according to a report from the United States Naval Research Laboratory. The clock is used to control all of the signals transmitted by the satellites, and...More>>

During the week of August 2, the Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP) software installed at the master control station at 50th Space Wing Space Operations Centers (SOC) temporarily lost contact with or command and control (C2) of the IIF satellite undergoing testing and initialization, during a Delta...More>>

A U.S./European working group that assessed GPS-plus-Galileo receivers compared to single-system receivers has found that combined receivers offered significant benefits, according to a joint U.S. and European Union statement issued July 30.More>>