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 ...

UPDATE: The GPS Block IIF-3 satellite, SVN65, began transmitting L1 and L2 signals as PRN24 on October 8. A number of stations of the International GNSS Service are now tracking the satellite. The ...

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 ...

Wednesday’s payload, GPS IIF-8, is the eighth Block IIF satellite in the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation. Used to provide navigation data to both military and civilian users ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.