On Feb. 3, the Air Force plans to launch the 12th, and last, satellite in the Block IIF series of modernized GPS spacecraft. The Air Force has produced 12 IIF satellites, featuring new clocks, new ...

The U.S. Air Force plans to launch the 12th — and final — satellite in the Block IIF series of modernized GPS spacecraft this week. Originally scheduled to launch Feb. 3, the launch has been moved to ...

The mission is the second-to-last in a series of a dozen known as GPS Block IIF, or 2F, all built by Boeing (BA). The last satellite in the series is expected to launch in February. The 19-story ...

“The 45th Space Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, GPS Wing, Boeing and United Launch Alliance team are proud to launch the first installment of the GPS Block IIF,” said Col Andre ...

The GPS IIF-5 will replace the USA-135, which will be moved into a backup slot, joining the 31-satellite constellation, according to NASA Spaceflight. The GPS Block IIF satellites are intended as ...

The fourth Block IIF GPS satellite, GPS IIF-4 is the sixty-fourth GPS satellite overall, and the first to launch on an Atlas since Navstar 11, also known as USA-10, in October 1985. That satellite ...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a 10-year, $329.3 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force engineer operational Global Positioning System Block IIF ... to address GPS IIF mission requirements ...

SpaceX previously launched the maiden GPS Block III satellite, SV01 ... IIR, IIR-M, and IIF. Each series boasted several upgrades over the previous, often involving new signals or increased ...

Atlas V rocket and the GPS Block IIF satellite payload from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Now in geosynchronous orbit above the Earth, the eleventh GPS IIF satellite in the ...

The first advanced, next-generation "GPS III" satellite soared into space today ... which launched from 2005 to 2009; and Block IIF, which took to the skies from 2010 to 2016.

The first “Block II” satellite joined the GPS constellation ... will launch the next addition to the constellation, the GPS IIF-3 satellite, into space.

The unexpected longevity of current satellites has reduced the impact of the GPS III delays. The Block IIA satellite generation has lasted longer than previous estimates, with the Block IIF ...