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LM-Built GPS Satellite Achieves 10 Years Of On-Orbit Operations

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Monday, November 9th, 2009

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The third Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-3) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to provide significantly improved navigation capabilities for military and civilian users worldwide, has reached 10 years of successful on-orbit operational service, the company said Nov. 2. "This milestone is a testament to the outstanding efforts our industry-government team has dedicated to this critical program over the past decade," said Don DeGryse, Lockheed Martin's vice president of Navigation Systems. "We are incredibly pleased with…

Congress

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Congress

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