New Generation Of GPS Satellites Readies For Flight

Credit: Vespucci: USAF
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will loft the first U.S. Air Force GPS III satellite “Vespucci” into space Dec. 18, boosting the power and accuracy of the position, navigation and timing signals the world has come to rely on. The launch window for the takeoff from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral...

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