On Feb. 3, the Air Force plans to launch the 12th, and last, satellite in the Block IIF series of modernized GPS spacecraft.

SVN-26 was a Boeing/Rockwell International Block II GPS satellite launched July 7, 1992. It was one of the first generation of operational GPS satellites, and had a design life of only 7.5 years.

SpaceX launched their Falcon 9 rocket with the third Block III Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, named SV03. Block III is the next generation of GPS satellites, replacing the aging Block ...

This $131 million satellite was the final addition to the Air Force’s most recent 12-satellite GPS series, known as the Block IIF satellites.

This satellite will not be used in space. The first satellite of the Block III units to go into orbit will not be delivered until May of 2014.

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced today that its engines contributed to the successful launch of the first Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF satellite. Aerojet will continue t… ...

The first Air Force launch of 2016 will be the last for the current generation of GPS satellites. The GPS IIF-12, scheduled for a Feb. 5 launch, will the twelfth and final satellite in the Block ...

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United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully boosts new GPS navigation satellite into orbit ...

The Air Force successfully launched the third Global Positioning System IIF satellite on Oct. 4 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Medium rocket, the service said.

GPS OCX is a ground control system designed to monitor, track and update GPS satellites and is divided into three blocks. Delivery of Block 0 occurred in the fall of 2017.

The first advanced, next-gen "GPS III" satellite rode to space today (Dec. 22) atop a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:21 a.m ...