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    GPS Block III (previously Block IIIA) consists of the first ten GPS III satellites, which are used to keep the Navstar Global Positioning System operational...
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    GPS satellite blocks are the various production generations of the Global Positioning System (GPS) used for satellite navigation. The first satellite...
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  • GPS Block IIIF, or GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF), is the second set of GPS Block III satellites, consisting of up to 22 space vehicles. The United States...
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    between previous Navstar Global Positioning System generations until the GPS Block III satellites became operational. They were built by Boeing, operated by...
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    launched. 3 Block III satellites have completed construction and have been declared "Available For Launch" (AFL). The next launch is GPS III SV08, currently...
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    system have now led to efforts to modernize the GPS and implement the next generation of GPS Block III satellites and Next Generation Operational Control...
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    USA-289 (redirect from GPS-III SV01)
    GPS-III SV01 or Vespucci, is a United States navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the first GPS Block III satellite...
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    launch of GPS 3 satellite". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016. "SpaceX launches third GPS Block III satellite"...
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    USA-343 (redirect from GPS III-06)
    Global Positioning System. It was the sixth GPS Block III satellite to be launched. SV06 is the sixth GPS Block III satellite. It was declared operational...
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    USA-304 (category GPS satellites)
    GPS-III SV03 or Matthew Henson, is a United States navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the third GPS Block...
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    USA-309 (category GPS satellites)
    Positioning System. It was the fourth GPS Block III satellite to be launched. SV04 is the fourth GPS Block III satellite to be launched. Launch was pushed...
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    support selective availability. As old satellites are replaced in the GPS Block III programme, selective availability will cease to be an option. The modernisation...
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    USA-319 (redirect from GPS III-05)
    Global Positioning System. It was the fifth GPS Block III satellite to be launched. SV05 is the fifth GPS Block III satellite. Satellite construction was completed...
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    USA-293 (category GPS satellites)
    GPS-III SV02 or Magellan, is a United States navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the second GPS Block III satellite...
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  • Next-Generation operational control segment, part of an initiative to modernize GPS Block III satellite operations OLE custom control, a predecessor of ActiveX controls...
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    contributed to his idea. Corner reflector Free-space optical communication GPS Block III satellite improvements Heiligenschein High-visibility clothing Optical...
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    demonstrated from satellite USA-203 (Block IIR-M), and is available on all satellites from GPS IIF and GPS III. L5 signals have been broadcast beginning...
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    War. The Block III TLAMs that entered service in 1993 can fly farther using their new turbofan engines and use Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers...
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    and in 2016 SpaceX won a contract under the EELV program to launch a GPS Block III satellite payload to MEO. The USAF began the process of competitively...
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  • Navigation Falcon 9 Block 5 GPS III-SV05 Fifth GPS Block III satellite, named Neil Armstrong USA-320 2022-01-13 2022-002CV Falcon 9 Block 5 Unknown Launched...
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    2022. Hambling, David (October 4, 2020). "What would the world do without GPS?". BBC. Retrieved September 22, 2022. Erwin, Sandra (March 28, 2022). "Biden's...
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    Sea History, 144:34–37 In October 2020, the previously named Columbus GPS Block III satellite was renamed after the launch as Matthew Henson. In September...
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  • revolution in civil and commercial applications, leading to the creation of GPS Block III. Clinton's wife Hillary took office as a Senator from New York on January...
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    Air Force alongside the neighboring Space Launch Complex 41 for the Titan III program. It initially saw use by the Titan IIIC throughout the 1960s and...
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    Navy tested the AGM-84N Harpoon Block II+ missile against a moving ship target. The Block II+ incorporates an improved GPS guidance kit and a net-enabled...
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    USA-440 (category GPS satellites)
    satellite was launched on an accelerated timeline. SV07 is the seventh GPS Block III satellite to launch. USA-440 was launched by SpaceX on 16 December 2024...
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    mission to explore or "touch" the outer corona of the Sun. The second GPS Block III satellite was launched with the final Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) configuration...
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  • CM-302 — (Cruise Missile) — (China) Harpoon block-2 — (Active Radar Homing Guided Missile) — (USA) Exocet — (GPS/INS Guided Missile) — (France) P-282 SMASH...
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    B1060 launched GPS III SV03 into a middle Earth orbit with an inclination of 55 degrees from SLC-40. SpaceX was awarded five GPS III launches, with the...
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    original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2020. "SpaceX launches third GPS Block III satellite". NASASpaceFlight.com. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original...
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