A joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team announced today that the first modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite has been declared fully operational for GPS users around the ...

GPS III SV05 (nicknamed Armstrong) was launched on June 17. (Photo: U.S. Space Force) SpaceX launched into orbit for the U.S. Space Force the fifth GPS III satellite (SV05) on June 17. GPS III SV05 ...

GPS III SV-08 satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin. WASHINGTON — SpaceX is gearing up to launch a Global Positioning System satellite for the U.S. military on May 30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

Cape Canaveral, Florida — SpaceX launched the latest in a series of more powerful Global Positioning System navigation satellites Wednesday, continuing a U.S. Space Force fleet-wide upgrade to provide ...

The US Space Force’s (USSF) Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 08 (GPS III SV08) has successfully launched into orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...

SpaceX will launch an advanced GPS satellite today (May 30) on record-breaking short notice, and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch a GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force on May 30 from Cape Canaveral. This mission marks a quicker turnaround time for GPS III launches, ...

Liftoff is at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Update for 12:36 pm ET: SpaceX has successfully launched ...

For the second time in six months, SpaceX will deploy a US military satellite that was sitting in storage, waiting for a slot on United Launch Alliance’s launch schedule. Space Systems Command, which ...

The U.S. Space Force has announced the decommissioning of GPS satellite SVN-47 (PRN-22), which officially took place Jan. 18. The satellite has been unusable since Dec. 2. SVN-47 was a replacement ...

The mission carried the sixth spacecraft in a new generation of GPS satellites, called GPS III, to an orbit about 12,550 miles (20,200 km) above the Earth’s surface, where more than 30 GPS satellites ...

Liftoff of the GPS III SV-08 satellite took place today (May 30) at 1:37 p.m. ET. SpaceX launched an advanced GPS satellite today (May 30) on record-breaking short notice. A Falcon 9 rocket is lifted ...