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US Space Force Completes GPS III SV-08 Core Mate, Names Vehicle After Katherine Johnson

Annamarie Nyirady

Monday, June 15th, 2020

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US Space Force Completes GPS III SV-08 Core Mate, Names Vehicle After Katherine Johnson

GPS III SV-01 sits in Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing facility after its successful core mate. Photo: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Global Positioning System (GPS) III program reached a major milestone with the successful core mate of GPS III Space Vehicle 08 at Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing Facility in Waterton, Colorado on April 15, SMC said June 10. SMC also announced that the the space vehicle was named in honor of NASA trailblazer mathematician Katherine Johnson. The two-day core mate consisted of using a 10-ton crane to lift and complete a 90-degree…

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