Tenth GPS IIF Set to Launch, Replace 19-Year-Old IIA

July 10, 2015
Credit: GPS IIF: Boeing
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to launch GPS IIF satellite No. 10 into orbit July 15, allowing for the retirement of a GPS IIA satellite launched in 1996, according to Col. Michael Rokaw, the Global Positioning Systems Directorate’s Space Systems Division chief. The GPS IIF-10 satellite is slated...

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