{"id":6371,"date":"2024-11-05T17:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/astranis-to-build-next-gen-resilient-gps-satellites-for-u-s-space-force-space-systems-command\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T17:38:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:38:05","slug":"astranis-to-build-next-gen-resilient-gps-satellites-for-u-s-space-force-space-systems-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/astranis-to-build-next-gen-resilient-gps-satellites-for-u-s-space-force-space-systems-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Astranis to Build Next-Gen Resilient GPS Satellites for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/astranis_nexus_cover_638663866115970444.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Astranis to Build Next-Gen Resilient GPS Satellites for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/astranis_nexus_cover_638663866115970444.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/astranis_nexus_cover_638663866115970444.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Astranis announced their selection as a prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command\u2019s (SSC) new Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program. Astranis is one of four awarded an agreement to produce design concepts for R-GPS\u2019 Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation program.<\/p>\n<p>The R-GPS program was created by Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to build and launch small, low-cost PNT (positioning, navigation, and timing) satellites to bolster the existing GPS fleet. The R-GPS satellites will include the latest GPS signals, including M-Code, for assured performance even in contested regions. USSF has asked contractors to prepare the first eight R-GPS satellites for launch by 2028, a fast turnaround that shows the importance of developing this new capability for America\u2019s warfighters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u200dAstranis will serve as a prime contractor for an $8 million concept development effort for the R-GPS program, given its experience as a manufacturer and operator of low-cost, high-orbit satellites. The Astranis R-GPS spacecraft design leverages the company\u2019s existing MicroGEO satellite design, with PNT algorithms implemented in software on the Astranis Octane Software-Defined Radio hardware.<\/p>\n<p>\u200dAstranis will work through this phase of the program to advance its R-GPS design ahead of the USSF\u2019s plans to build and launch a proliferated fleet of more than 20 small GPS satellites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astranis announced their selection as a prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command\u2019s (SSC) new Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program. Astranis is one of four awarded an agreement to produce design concepts for R-GPS\u2019 Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation program. The R-GPS program was created by Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[25,43,20],"class_list":["post-6371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch","tag-pnt","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371"}],"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=6371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}