GPS system Bolstered With New Spacecraft

Credit: BOEING
GPS BOLSTERED The new Lockheed Martin GPS 2R-10 spacecraft launched on a Boeing Delta II booster from Cape Canaveral Dec. 21 is undergoing final checkout in an 11,000-naut.-mi. orbit prior to becoming operational in the overall GPS constellation this month. Total cost of the mission is about $90...

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