{"id":63438,"date":"2018-12-12T19:45:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/lockheed-martins-gps-iii-satellite-encapsulated-for-launch-this-month\/"},"modified":"2018-12-12T19:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:45:15","slug":"lockheed-martins-gps-iii-satellite-encapsulated-for-launch-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/lockheed-martins-gps-iii-satellite-encapsulated-for-launch-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed Martin\u2019s GPS III Satellite Encapsulated for Launch This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>U.S. Air Force<\/strong>\u2018s first <strong>Lockheed Martin<\/strong>-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a <strong>SpaceX<\/strong> Falcon 9 rocket. GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01) underwent pre-launch processing, fueling, and encapsulation at <strong>Astrotech Space Operations.<\/strong>&nbsp;During encapsulation, GPS III SV01 was sealed in its launch fairing, an aerodynamic, nose-cone shell that protects the satellite during launch. In the coming days, the fairing-enclosed satellite will be mounted to the rocket as launch preparations continue.<\/p>\n<p>GPS III SV01 is the first of a new design of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, which aims to help the Air Force modernize today\u2019s GPS constellation with new technology and capabilities. According to the release, GPS III has three times better accuracy and up to eight times improved anti-jamming capabilities. Spacecraft life will extend to 15 years, 25 percent longer than any of the GPS satellites on-orbit today. GPS III\u2019s new L1C civil signal also will make it the first GPS satellite broadcasting a compatible signal with other international global navigation satellite systems, like Galileo, improving connectivity for civilian users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is dependent on GPS. More than four billion military, commercial and civilian users connect with signals generated by GPS satellites every day,\u201d said&nbsp;<strong>Lockheed Martin&nbsp;<\/strong>Vice President for Navigation Systems Johnathon Caldwell. \u201cThe launch of GPS III SV01 will be the first step in modernizing the Air Force\u2019s GPS constellation with the most powerful and resilient GPS satellites ever designed and built.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Air Force\u2018s first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01) underwent pre-launch processing, fueling, and encapsulation at Astrotech Space Operations.&nbsp;During encapsulation, GPS III SV01 was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}