Lockheed Martin’s second GPS III satellite (GPS III SV02) built for the US Air Force is complete, fully tested and ready to launch, the company announced on 21 August.
The air force’s ‘available for launch’ declaration is the final acceptance of GPS III SV02 – declaring it technically sound and ready to launch.
GPS III SV02 will bring new capabilities to US and allied military forces. It will have three times better accuracy and up to eight times improved anti-jamming capabilities. GPS III’s new L1C civil signal will also make it interoperable with other international global navigation satellite systems.
Lockheed Martin is now in full production on ten GPS III satellites. Close behind GPS III SV04 on the production line, the fifth, sixth and seventh GPS III satellites are in component build-up. The air force officially called up its first GPS III satellite for launch in June.
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