Thu, Dec 16, 2010
Will Provide More Accurate Navigation Data For Military,
Civilian Users
Officials with the 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever
AFB, CO, have completed their sustainment software release for the
GPS operational control segment ground system ahead of
schedule.
The software release, which was scheduled to be complete in
early January 2011, was accomplished ahead of schedule Dec. 8,
thanks to the dedication and teamwork by space professionals at the
Space and Missile Center's GPS Directorate and the 2nd Space
Operations Squadron.
"The sustainment initiative was transparent to GPS users
worldwide," said Col. Harold Martin, the chief of the Positioning,
Navigation and Timing Division of Air Force Space Command's
Directorate of Requirements. "Air Force Space Command takes great
pride in providing GPS performance that exceeds our requirements
for the system. We are dedicated to the modernization of GPS and
are on the path to ensure continued positioning, navigation and
timing support to the warfighter, the civil user, and the
world."
Air Force Space Command officials are committed to developing
and delivering control systems to enable command and control of new
signals and capabilities.
"This sustainment release is part of a larger ongoing effort by
the Air Force to improve and maintain the current GPS ground system
before the next generation GPS control segment is deployed in
2015," Colonel Martin added. "The GPS constellation remains
healthy, stable and robust with 31 operational satellites on-orbit
providing precise positioning, navigation and timing worldwide,
free of direct charges to users."
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