The Space Force has set contradictory requirements for the number of M-code capable GPS satellites, the Government Accountability Office found.
By Theresa HitchensSome services have turned to commercial solutions for receivers as delays mount, report says.
By Theresa Hitchens“OCX and the user equipment piece do not come online until the third quarter of 2023; that is when we would expect to have our initial operational capability for the GPS enterprise across across all segments: space, ground and user equipment,” said Space and Missile Command’s Col. Ed Byrne.
By Theresa HitchensOnce delivered and accepted, Space Force will own the OCX software-based ground system for GPS, not Raytheon.
By Theresa HitchensSDA currently is primarily focused on “beyond-line-of-sight targeting for sensitive targets — so, for ships and mobile missiles,” Director Derek Tournear says, as well as for “advanced missile threats.”
By Theresa Hitchens“I don’t think we’re at the position to know both what the demand is, but also where industry is going, what’s the viable way to consider other orbits if we were asked to do,” says Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of SMC’s Space Vehicles Directorate.
By Theresa HitchensSpaceX has launched with a previously used Falcon 9 booster 38 times, says Michael Ellis, director at SpaceX’s National Security Space Launch director.
By Theresa HitchensOnce 24 GPS III satellites are on orbit, the encrypted M-Code for military users will be available world wide.
By Theresa HitchensSIA is hopeful that the COVID-19 pandemic will have only limited effects on the satellite industry, since it has been “generally deemed essential by governments.”
By Theresa Hitchens