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AFRL Receives NTS-3 Satellite for Testing, Planned Launch Late This Year

Frank Wolfe

Friday, January 27th, 2023

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AFRL Receives NTS-3 Satellite for Testing, Planned Launch Late This Year

The NTS-3 satellite is shown in an anechoic test chamber prior to electromagnetic interference or electromagnetic compatibility testing in Palm Bay, Florida (Courtesy Photo Posted by AFRL)

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] recently delivered its Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) space vehicles directorate's integration and test building at Kirtland AFB, N.M., AFRL said on Jan. 27. AFRL had planned to launch the 1,100-pound NTS-3 in March to demonstrate advanced protection technologies for GPS and other positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems, but the date has slipped until late this year (Defense Daily, Nov. 10, 2022). The satellite integrates a PNT payload on a…

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