The first GPS III satellite launched by Lockheed Martin cost an estimated $529 million to build. And with nine more satellites planned, the GPS III project will climb to a whopping $5.5 billion ...

SpaceX launched Lockheed Martin's seventh GPS III satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station into orbit 12,550 miles above Earth.

SpaceX launched an advanced GPS satellite today (May 30) on record-breaking short notice. A Falcon 9 rocket is lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 1:37 p.m. EDT ...

The launch was the second in a series the Space Force is running to test its ability to launch high-value satellites in ...

On December 23, the first GPS III satellite entered an orbit around Earth, after a five-day delay. This first of a new breed of GPS satellite also experienced a four-year delay, with its original ...

But the U.S. government is well underway on a $5.5 billion project to roll out GPS III, with the goal of making GPS more powerful and more accurate than ever. Today, Lockheed Martin announced it ...

Angry-looking red thunderstorms lit up National Weather Service radar screens along the northern portion of the Cape about 1½ ...

Today the US Space Force launched its newest satellite, one of only a handful of the new GPS III design, which is more accurate and more resistant to interference—like signal-jamming—than its ...

GPS III SV-08 satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin. WASHINGTON — SpaceX is gearing up to launch a Global Positioning System satellite for the U.S. military on May 30 from Cape Canaveral Space ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The GPS III satellite armada will eventually make our GPS technology more accurate, but ...

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday for the GPS III-7 mission to medium-Earth orbit from Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch a GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force on May 30 from Cape Canaveral. This mission marks a quicker turnaround time for GPS III launches ...