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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)

January 15, 2020

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

By Tracy Cozzens

Screenshot: CBS

December 4, 2019

CBS News goes inside GPS

By Tracy Cozzens

GPS World hosted its 2019 Leadership Awards dinner at the Kimpton Epic Hotel in downtown Miami during the ION GNSS+ conference. (Photo: GPS World)

November 12, 2019

GPS World honors leaders in GNSS/PNT

By Tracy Cozzens

Thermal Vacuum testing verifies that a satellite can operate in space’s extreme environment. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

October 1, 2019

GPS III production update: On the road to a refreshed constellation

By Tracy Cozzens

Remotely controlled Javelin firings can help keep soldiers out of harm’s way. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

September 10, 2019

Javelin missiles remotely launched from unmanned vehicle

By Tracy Cozzens

The Mobile Service Tower rolls back from the ULA Delta IV rocket carrying the GPS III SV02 satellite in preparation for launch. (Photo: ULA)

August 22, 2019

Second GPS III in orbit, responding to commands

By Tracy Cozzens

Photo: L3Harris

August 21, 2019

L3Harris delivers eighth GPS III navigation payload

By Tracy Cozzens

ULA technicians transport the GPS III satellite to the Delta IV launchpad.( Photo: United Launch Alliance)

August 13, 2019

Second GPS III satellite tops rocket at launchpad

By Tracy Cozzens

The second GPS III satellite is encapsulated before launch. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

July 8, 2019

Second GPS III satellite encapsulated for July 25 launch

By Tracy Cozzens

Lockheed Martin shipped the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS III to Cape Canaveral, Florida ahead of its expected July launch. (Photo: Lockheed Martin}

June 11, 2019

Lockheed delivers GPS III ground system upgrade, SV03 ready for launch

By GPS World Staff

GPS III production line. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

May 13, 2019

How GPS III is performing in orbit

By Alan Cameron

Earth’s magnetic fields. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

May 8, 2019

Quantum magnetometer senses its place

By Alan Cameron

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