SpaceX previously launched the maiden GPS Block III satellite, SV01, on a Falcon 9 in December 2018. SV01 was the first launch contract that SpaceX won in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ...

We start, however, by giving a brief overview of the GPS Block III program. GPS BLOCK III. The U.S. Space Force GPS Block III (previously referred to as Block IIIA) is a series of 10 satellites being ...

Block III GPS Satellites will be able to determine position to within three feet, compared to 10 feet with current technology, the Associated Press reports.

While only 30 GPS satellites are currently operational, 50 have been launched in total. The most recent group of Block IIF satellites were launched between May of 2010 and today.

Block III GPS Satellite Prototype Starts Testing By Shane McGlaun Dec. 13, 2011 10:37 am EST The use of GPS is so prevalent all around the world that a lot of people never stop to think about the ...

The last GPS Block IIF satellite built by the Boeing Co. was sent into orbit for the U.S. Air Force today, ... GPS-3 satellites are expected to be put into orbit by United Launch Alliance or SpaceX.

The latest GPS Block IIF satellite, IIF-5 or SVN64 (operating as PRN30), was launched on February 21, 2014. Typically, GPS satellites are checked out and made operational within about a month ...

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The 2nd Space Operations Squadron accepted satellite control authority of its third Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite during a ceremony here Oct. 26.

Known as GPS-110F (Follow-On), the next 22 satellites have strong protection against hackers and foreign militaries. The protection is up to 60 times stronger than what's currently available.

The first “Block II” satellite joined the GPS constellation in 2005. 2005 The first of a new generation of GPS satellite, called “Block II,” was launched from Cape Canaveral.