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6th LM-Built GPS Satellite Ready for Launch
(Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., March 13, 2008) -- A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is ready for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on March 15 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Block IIR-M spacecraft series is designed to provide enhanced navigation capabilities for military and civilian GPS users around the globe.
The satellite, designated GPS IIR-19M, is the sixth in a line of eight GPS IIR satellites that Lockheed Martin Navigation Systems, Valley Forge, Pa. has modernized for its customer, the Global Positioning Systems Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif.
Each IIR-M satellite includes a modernized antenna panel that provides increased signal power to receivers on the ground, two new military signals for improved accuracy, enhanced encryption and anti-jamming capabilities for the military, and a second civil signal that will provide users with an open access signal on a different frequency.
"We are extremely proud of the increased capabilities these advanced spacecraft are providing to our warfighters as well as civil users worldwide," said Don DeGryse, Lockheed Martin's vice president of Navigation Systems. "The success of this program is based on extensive experience in evolving GPS capabilities and a dedication to teamwork between Lockheed Martin and the Air Force and we look forward to achieving mission success for our customer."
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