Figure 1: Ground-calibrated GPS Block III transmit antenna phase center variations (PCVs). (All figures provided by the authors).

New type on the block: Generating high-precision orbits for GPS III satellites

May 15, 2023

Read Richard Langley’s introduction to this article: Innovation Insights: Antennas and photons and orbits, oh my! To produce GNSS […]

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Second Lt. Kelley McCaa, 2nd Space Operations Squadron satellite vehicle operator, and Airman 1st Class John Garcia, 2nd SOPS satellite systems operator, set satellite vehicle number-74, the first iteration of GPS Block III vehicles, as healthy and active to users Jan. 13, 2020, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado,. Setting the vehicle healthy and active makes the satellite available for use by military and civilian GPS users around the world for agriculture, banking and navigation. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster)

2nd Space Operations Squadron sets first GPS III healthy and active

January 15, 2020

By Staff Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster, 50th Space Wing Public Affairs The 2nd Space Operations Squadron set Satellite Vehicle […]

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