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Lockheed Martin Completes First GPS III Satellite Bus Electronic Systems Testing

Gally Articola

Monday, June 17th, 2013

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A Lockheed Martin-[LMT] led industry team successfully completed functional integration tests of the spacecraft bus and network communications equipment on the first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, according to a company statement. The recent testing of the bus on GPS III-1, the portion of the space vehicle that carries mission payloads and hosts them in orbit, assured that all bus subsystems are functioning normally and ready for final integration with the satellite’s navigational payload. Systems tested include guidance, navigation and…

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