On-orbit checkout completed for upgraded GPS satellite

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have completed an on-orbit checkout of the upgraded Global Positioning System satellite that was launched June 23, the company said July 20. The GPS IIR-12 spacecraft has been declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation users around the...

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