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Prototype Ground Control System Controls GPS Test Satellite: Northrop

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Monday, February 2nd, 2009

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A ground control system has shown it can control a Global Positioning System (GPS) asset, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced today. The unit demonstrated command and control of a GPS IIR-M satellite using its Next Generation Operational Control Segment (OCX) engineering model. The OCX modernization effort will provide mission enterprise control support for the nation's existing GPS Block II and future Block III satellites. The GPS control segment includes satellite command and control, mission planning, constellation management, monitoring stations and…

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