Space Force Selects Four Companies to Develop Concepts for ‘Resilient GPS’ Satellites Written 24 September 2024
Artist's conception of GPS Block II-F satellite in Earth orbit. | Credit: NASA; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Space News reports, “The U.S. Space Force selected four companies to develop concepts for smaller, more cost-effective GPS satellites based on commercial designs, aiming to augment the existing Global Positioning System network, the Department of the Air Force announced Sept. 23. Astranis, Axient, L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space have been chosen to submit proposals for the Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program, which seeks to explore the use of proliferated small satellites transmitting core GPS signals.”
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