SpaceX launched the latest in a series of more powerful Global Positioning System navigation satellites Wednesday, continuing a U.S. Space Force fleet-wide upgrade to provide improved accuracy and anti-jamming capability.
"We currently have four more GPS satellites in our Colorado facility that are available for launch," said Andre Trotter, Lockheed Martin's vice president of navigation systems.
The GPS 3 satellites are"the most powerful, resilient GPS satellite ever built," Tonya Ladwig, a Lockheed Martin vice president, said before an earlier launch."We provide three times greater accuracy over existing satellites in the constellation and have eight times increased anti-jamming capabilities."
An artist's impression of a GPS 3 navigation satellite in orbit with its solar arrays and antennas deployed.The new satellites are"a key contribution to Space Systems Command's ongoing GPS modernization effort, bringing about new capabilities to both civilian and military users around the globe," said Cordell DeLaPena Jr., the program executive officer.
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