GPS IIF-9 Satellite Declared Operational

April 21, 2015  - By
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GPS IIF-9, launched March 25, has been declared healthy and operational by the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force issued the following Notice to NAVSTAR Users (NANU).

The next GPS satellite, GPS IIF-10, is scheduled for launch on June 16, with GPS IIF-11 following three months later, on September 16.

NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 2015028

SUBJ: SVN71 (PRN26) USABLE JDAY 110/2222

1.     NANU TYPE: USABINIT

       NANU NUMBER: 2015028

       NANU DTG: 202222Z APR 2015

       REFERENCE NANU: N/A

       REF NANU DTG: N/A

       SVN: 71

       PRN: 26

       START JDAY: 110

       START TIME ZULU: 2222

       START CALENDAR DATE: 20 APR 2015

       STOP JDAY: N/A

       STOP TIME ZULU: N/A

       STOP CALENDAR DATE: N/A

2.  CONDITION: GPS SATELLITE SVN71 (PRN26) WAS USABLE AS OF JDAY 110

    (20 APR 2015) BEGINNING 2222 ZULU.

3.  POC: CIVILIAN – NAVCEN AT 703-313-5900, HTTP://WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV

    MILITARY – GPS OPERATIONS CENTER at HTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL/GPSOC, DSN 560-2541,

    COMM 719-567-2541, gpsoperationscenter@us.af.mil, HTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL

    MILITARY ALTERNATE – JOINT SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER, DSN 276-3514,

    COMM 805-606-3514, JSPOCCOMBATOPS@VANDENBERG.AF.MIL

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