Thanks to the Contingency Operations program, the military is able to utilize the first GPS III satellite without the next-generation ground segment being built for it. The second GPS III satellite ...

No audio available for this content. After several delays, the first GPS III satellite has successfully deployed from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Air Force's first GPS 3 satellite Dec. 23. Credit: SpaceX webcast. MT LAUREL, New Jersey — SpaceX launched the U.S. Air Force’s newest GPS satellite Dec. 23 on a Falcon ...

AFRL's NTS-3 depicted in GEO orbit in this rendering for L3 Harris Technologies is advertised as a "transformative PNT" advanced. In truth, it's evolutionary, not revolutionary. The American military ...

It's a lot more than just driving directions. Managed by the US Space Force, GPS factors into a huge amount of the high-tech world we live in. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where ...

The Space Force and United Launch Alliance launched an experimental satellite today, kick-starting a year of demonstrations that could bring new technology to the GPS mission and the broader ...

Christmas finally arrived a little early, as the U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the first Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III satellite Dec. 23 at 8:51 a.m. EST (14:51 ...