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GPS 3

completedLaunch 1978-093
Launched 10/7/1978HEOService GSat MTO SO
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Navstar 3
retired
Positioning Navigation Timing
MEO
GPS
Launch Details
Launch Date
10/7/1978
Launch ID
1978-093
Launch Profile
Sat MTO SO
Service Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
U.S. Air Force
Launch Vehicle
Atlas F
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 3-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Constellations
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Positioning Navigation Timing 1
Track
Mentions
145
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Lockheed Martin is manufacturing GPS 3 satellites under a 2008 contract for 10 satellites.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanFinancialValue 4.0Sep 26, 2018Air Force confirms it received a second mystery bid for GPS 3

Lockheed Martin was selected by the U.S. Air Force in 2008 to build the first 10 GPS 3 satellites.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 14, 2018Air Force to award $7.2 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for 22 GPS satellites

The first GPS 3 launch was scheduled for March 2018 but was delayed.

PlanValue 3.0Sep 14, 2018Air Force to award $7.2 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for 22 GPS satellites

Lockheed Martin is under contract to build the first 10 GPS 3 satellites.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Apr 25, 2018Northrop Grumman declines to bid on GPS 3 contract

Lockheed Martin has an ongoing contract to build the first 10 GPS 3 satellites at its facilities near Denver.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Apr 24, 2018Lockheed Martin confident about winning GPS 3 competition
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