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  • Dan Hart: Boeing Preps for Next GPS IIF Launch as 8th Satellite Joins Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Hart: Boeing Preps for Next GPS IIF Launch as 8th Satellite Joins Constellation

    Boeing‘s GPS Space Vehicle-69 satellite has joined the 31-satellite GPS System IIF constellation after almost two months of on-orbit checkout and validation as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s network modernization efforts. The company said Thursday this is the eighth of 12 planned GPS IIF satellites and the fourth launched this year to support a growing number of users and […] More

  • Dan Hart: Boeing GPS IIF Program Moves Forward With 8th Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Hart: Boeing GPS IIF Program Moves Forward With 8th Satellite Launch

    Boeing has received signal confirmation that its eighth GPS IIF satellite in space has started to prepare for full operations after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The GPS IIF-8 satellite launched aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket and is the last launch for the U.S. Air Force program this year, Boeing said Wednesday. “The schedule this year […] More

  • Jim Sponnick: ULA Achieves 50th Atlas V Mission With 8th USAF GPS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Sponnick: ULA Achieves 50th Atlas V Mission With 8th USAF GPS Satellite

    United Launch Alliance has launched the latest global positioning system satellite to join the on-orbit constellation that will provide timing and navigation services for a U.S. Air Force program. The company said Wednesday that an Atlas V 401 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carried the GPS IIF-8 satellite to space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president for the […] More