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TAG: Air Force Research Laboratory

NTS-3 (Image: L3Harris)

USAF Research Lab delays NTS-3 launch again

July 25, 2023

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has pushed back the launch of the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) until spring 2024


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NTS-3 satellite to launch this year

May 4, 2023

The Navigation Technology Satellite–3 (NTS-3) — designed, built and tested by L3Harris — is on track to launch this year.


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The NTS-3 spacecraft was placed in an anechoic test chamber for electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility testing in Palm Bay, Florida. (Photo: AFRL)

NTS-3 Vanguard moves closer to 2023 launch

January 27, 2023

The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) Vanguard program has reached a milestone in preparation for launch of the satellite in late 2023.


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History of the program: NTS-1, 2 and 3. (Illustration: Lt. Jacob Lutz, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate)

More than 100 experiments planned for NTS-3

April 11, 2022

More than 100 experiments will be conducted with the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), set to launch next year, […]


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A PNT AgilePod attached to a T-38C successfully demonstrated remote interfacing and alt-PNT data transmission. as well as performance over land and water. (Photo: USAF/2nd Lt. Bowen Lin, 586th Flight Test Squadron)

Air Force PNT AgilePod achieves flight test objectives

January 3, 2022

News from the Air Force Research Laboratory The Air Force Research Laboratory’s complementary positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) […]


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NTS-3 experimental satellite launch delayed to 2023

April 29, 2021

The NTS-3 experimental satellite will be launched in 2023, according to reports from C4ISRNET and Space News. The […]


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This velocity-distribution data for a gas of rubidium atoms confirmed the discovery of the Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995. In these three snapshots in time, atoms—cooled to near absolute zero—condensed from less dense areas on the left (red, yellow, and green) to very dense areas at the center and the right (blue and white). (Image: NIST/JILA/CU-Boulder)

ColdQuanta awarded US government contracts for atomic clock

April 16, 2021

Projects will advance technology used for secure GNSS, quantum timekeeping and communications ColdQuanta, which specializes in cold atom […]


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The THOR drone deterrent designed by the Air Force Research Laboratory. (Photo: AFRL)

Power of THOR ready to down enemy drones

August 14, 2020

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has developed a counter-swarm high-power weapon to deter enemy drones — THOR. […]


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