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

Second GPS III satellite tops rocket at launchpad

August 13, 2019

The second GPS III satellite — nicknamed Magellan — is now at the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air […]


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(Photo: SpaceX)

U.S. Air Force awards GPS III launch services contract

March 14, 2018

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a GPS III satellite launch contract to SpaceX. This is the third GPS […]


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Team Vandenberg launches its first SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex-4 Sept. 29, 2013. 30th Space Wing's 1st Air and Space Test Squadron was the lead for all launch site certification activities at Vandenberg for SpaceX as an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle New Entrant. The squadron evaluated SpaceX's flight and ground systems, processes and procedures for the upgraded Falcon-9 rocket. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Yvonne Morales)

SpaceX wins second US Air Force contract to launch GPS III

March 15, 2017

SpaceX has won a second contract from the U.S. Air Force for launch services to deliver a GPS III satellite […]


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Artist's concept of the nextgen GPS III satellite (courtesy of the USAF).

US Air Force releases GPS III-3 launch services RFP

August 4, 2016

The Air Force has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for launch services for the GPS III-3 mission, […]


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A SpaceX Falcon 9 stands ready for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Air Force awarded a contract for GPS III Launch Services to SpaceX.

SpaceX awarded GPS III satellite launch contract

April 29, 2016

The U.S. Air Force has awarded SpaceX the first competitively sourced National Security Space (NSS) launch services contract in […]


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Image: GPS World

Launch of last GPS IIF satellite shifts to Friday

February 2, 2016

The U.S. Air Force plans to launch the 12th — and final — satellite in the Block IIF series of […]


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GPS programs at a crossroads: Which way forward?

December 9, 2015

The late, great, oft-quoted Yogi Berra, in an interview shortly before his passing, was quoted as saying “I […]


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ULA won’t bid on GPS III launch contract

November 17, 2015

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) declined Nov. 16 to submit a bid to launch the GPS III satellite, […]


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