GPS modernization continues with sixth IIR-M launch
Upgrades to the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System constellation continued March 15 with the launch of the sixth “modernized” Lockheed Martin GPS block IIR-M spacecraft with dual civilian channel capability. The 254-ton Boeing Delta II carrying the new $75 million GPS IIR-19M thundered aloft...
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