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GPS-3F (Navstar-3F)
GPS-3F [Lockheed Martin]
GPS-3F (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-3F (Navigation System using Timing And Ranging) are the second evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites.
The U.S. Air Force announced in September 2018 that a team led by Lockheed Martin has won the competition to build the next-generation Global Positioning System (Navstar) Space System program, known as GPS IIIF.
The satellites will be based on Lockheed Martin's LM2100M bus.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Navigation |
| Operator: | US Space Force (USSF) |
| Contractors: | Lockheed Martin |
| Equipment: | ? |
| Configuration: | LM2100M |
| Propulsion: | LEROS-1c ? |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | 20200 km × 20200 km, 55.0° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS-3F 1 (Navstar xx) | - | 2026 | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 2 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 3 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 4 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 5 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 6 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 7 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 8 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 9 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 10 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 11 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 12 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 13 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 14 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 15 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 16 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 17 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 18 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 19 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 20 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 21 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC | |||
| GPS-3F 22 (Navstar xx) | - | 202x | CC |
