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Article: Lockheed Martin upgraded GPS satellite launched successfully.(DEFENSE NEWS)(Global Positioning System)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Microwave Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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The US Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, successfully launched a Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite. This was the 12th successful launch of the new-generation GPS IIR spacecraft. The satellite, designated GPS IIR-13, will join 29 other operational GPS satellites now on orbit and will improve global coverage and increase the overall performance of the GPS constellation. The company has delivered eight more of these satellites to the Navstar GPS Joint Program Office, Space and Missile System Center, to sustain the GPS constellation. The Global Positioning System allows any properly equipped user to determine precise time and ...