Re: GPS launches

HIPAR wrote:
GPS IIR-20(M) satellite launch scheduled for 24 March:

http://www.patrick.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123140482

It was delayed from last June when a problem with a pyrotechnic timer
that sequences the Delta II third stage events was discovered. The
international L5 signal frequency allocation now depends upon this
satellite.

A new problem with GPS IIF:

http://www.insidegnss.com/node/1387

First GPS IIF launch projected for late this year.

--- CHAS

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html

Launch window: 0834-0849 GMT (4:34-4:49 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the seventh modernized NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block 2R military navigation satellite. The launch will be run by the U.S. Air Force. The rocket will fly in the 7925 vehicle configuration. Delayed from June 30, July 16, Oct. 16 and Nov. 7, 2008. [Jan. 6]
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