
Friday’s expected launch of the Air Force’s seventh Global Positioning System IIF series (GPS IIF-7) satellite will be its last using C-band tracking radar to track the Atlas V launch vehicle. GPS IIF-7 Mission Director Walter Lauderdale said Friday during a teleconference that the launch will be the last to not use GPS metric tracking as opposed to radar tracking. The GPS IIF-7 launch will take place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Issues with a tracking radar at…