Seventh GPS IIF Satellite Set to Healthy and Usable

The seventh GPS-IIF satellite, SVN-68/PRN-09, launched on August 2, was set to healthy and usable Sunday night, according to Rick Hamilton, CGSIC executive secretariat of the USCG Navigation Center. The change brings the number of satellites transmitting the L2C signal to 13, and those transmitting the L5 signal to seven.

The next GPS-IIF satellite, IIF-8/SVN-69, is tentatively scheduled for launch on October  29.

Below is the full text of the Notice Advisory to Navstar Users (NANU).

NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 2014071

SUBJ: SVN68 (PRN09) USABLE JDAY 260/2026

1.     NANU TYPE: USABINIT

        NANU NUMBER: 2014071

        NANU DTG: 172024Z SEP 2014

        REFERENCE NANU: N/A

        REF NANU DTG: N/A

        SVN: 68

        PRN: 09

        START JDAY: 260

        START TIME ZULU: 2026

        START CALENDAR DATE: 17 SEP 2014

        STOP JDAY: N/A

        STOP TIME ZULU: N/A

        STOP CALENDAR DATE: N/A

2.  CONDITION: GPS SATELLITE SVN68 (PRN09) WAS USABLE AS OF JDAY 260

     (17 SEP 2014) BEGINNING 2026 ZULU.

3.  POC: CIVILIAN – NAVCEN AT 703-313-5900, HTTP://WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV

     MILITARY – GPS OPERATIONS CENTER at HTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL/GPSOC, DSN 560-2541, COMM 719-567-2541, gpsoperationscenter@us.af.mil, HTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL

     MILITARY ALTERNATE – JOINT SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER, DSN 276-3514, COMM 805-606-3514, JSPOCCOMBATOPS@VANDENBERG.AF.MIL