Delta II is ready to launch the Air Force’s Global Positioning System IIR-20 on March 24 from Cape Canaveral Florida. Called GPS IIR-20M, this is the seventh modernized NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block II R-M military navigation satellite to launch.
IIR-20M satellite carries the new frequency channel L5 demo which is the first of its kind and no other orbiting GPS satellites have the capability to transmit on this frequency.
This is kind of critical for the U.S. since their future plans for GPS are mostly based on this L5 signal. And if the launch gets delayed past August 26th of this year they’ll lose their rights to use that frequency.
Brought to you by your GPS navigation site NaviGadget.
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