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GPS IIF-8 Launch To Be First with GPS Metric Tracking

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GPS IIF-8 Launch To Be First with GPS Metric Tracking
Artist’s illustration of the GPS IIF satellite. Photo: Boeing.

The scheduled Oct. 29 launch of the Air Force’s eighth Global Positioning System IIF series (GPS IIF-8) satellite will be its first using GPS metric tracking (GPS MT) as opposed to radar to track the Atlas V launch vehicle, the Air Force said last week. Utilizing GPS MT allows the Air Force to reduce ground radar infrastructure because it eliminates the requirement for radars with C-band tracking capability. The GPS method is designed to complement telemetered initial guidance (TMIG) as…

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