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Article: U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin Team Celebrates Success of GPS IIR Program as Final Satellite is Readied for Shipment to Cape Canaveral for June Launch.
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- April 3, 2008
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Satellite Includes Demonstration Payload for New Third Civil Signal
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- In a ceremony heralding the success of the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System Block IIR modernization effort (GPS IIR-M), Lockheed Martin today announced it has completed work on the last satellite in the program constellation, which features a demonstration payload that will transmit the new civil signal, known as L5. Preparations are now underway to ship the satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. for a scheduled launch in June 2008.
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