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Air Force’s First GPS III Satellite Scheduled for Launch in Mid-December

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, November 20th, 2018

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Air Force’s First GPS III Satellite Scheduled for Launch in Mid-December

The GPS III program is a platform that could use improved acquisition. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The Air Force’s first GPS III satellite has been scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Dec. 18, the service’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) said Monday.The launch was previously scheduled for Dec. 15, but was pushed back to accommodate a NASA resupply mission to the International Space Station on Dec. 4, according to an emailed statement from the center.The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built satellite will be carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The system,…

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