Boeing wins $329 million contract to assist orbiting GPS satellites – SpaceNews
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Drive awarded Boeing a $329.3 million agreement to aid operations of World-wide Positioning Method satellites for the next 10 years.
The deal, announced Dec. 20, is for on-orbit support of GPS 2F satellites, created by Boeing.
The latest constellation of 31 operational GPS satellites features 12 of the 2F product.
The GPS 2F satellites have been launched amongst 2010 and 2016 to change GPS 2A satellites that were being introduced in between 1990 and 1997. In 2010 the U.S. Air Pressure chosen Lockheed Martin to develop the most recent technology termed GPS 3.
GPS 2F satellites were designed to run for 12 years, but like quite a few U.S. armed forces and industrial satellites, they are projected to stay in services for several years further than their predicted design life.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Drive awarded Boeing a $329.3 million agreement to aid operations of World-wide Positioning Method satellites for the next 10 years.
The deal, announced Dec. 20, is for on-orbit support of GPS 2F satellites, created by Boeing.
The latest constellation of 31 operational GPS satellites features 12 of the 2F product.
The GPS 2F satellites have been launched amongst 2010 and 2016 to change GPS 2A satellites that were being introduced in between 1990 and 1997. In 2010 the U.S. Air Pressure chosen Lockheed Martin to develop the most recent technology termed GPS 3.
GPS 2F satellites were designed to run for 12 years, but like quite a few U.S. armed forces and industrial satellites, they are projected to stay in services for several years further than their predicted design life.