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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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Research Roundup: Combatting jamming and spoofing

September 23, 2021

Of the hundreds of papers researchers presented at 2020’s annual Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS+ conference, which took […]


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Northrop Grumman has successfully delivered an ESPAStar-D spacecraft bus to L3Harris in support of the NTS-3 mission. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

NTS-3 mission progresses toward launch in 2023

July 30, 2021

The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) program is making major strides in developing a new navigation spacecraft for in-space […]


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

L3Harris clears critical design review for experimental satellite navigation program

September 1, 2020

L3Harris Technologies is on track to begin building the U.S. Air Force’s first Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) after […]


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