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Posted on 03/20/2026 2:49:08 PM PDT by dynachrome
The U.S. Space Force has swapped rockets for an upcoming GPS satellite launch.
Next month's GPS III-8 mission had been slated to fly atop United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s new Vulcan Centaur rocket. But Vulcan has experienced issues with its solid rocket boosters (SRBs), so the Space Force is moving the GPS spacecraft onto a SpaceX Falcon 9.
"With this change, we are answering the call for rapid delivery of advanced GPS capability while the Vulcan anomaly investigation continues," Space Force Col. Ryan Hiserote, Space Systems Command System Delta 80 commander and National Security Space Launch system program director, said in a statement today (March 20).
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United Launch Alliance, LLC (ULA) is an American launch service provider formed in December 2006 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
This satellite, the last of 10 GPS-3 satellites is named Hedy LaMarr!?
Pretty much all recent military equipment includes M-Code and other technology to take advantage of these new sats, meaning they are much harder to jam or spoof. GPS-3F satellites begin launching next year, adding several more improvements.
That’s Hedly.
BTW, Hedy La Marr (a screen name made up by Louis B. Mayer) was an inventor during WWII. Her work on frequency hopping technology aided in the development of torpedo guidance and later the Internet.
A spokesperson said, “We’re sick of all the delays with the Vulcan rocket.”
Beauty and brains, though people only recognized her beauty and dismissed her brilliance.
The old defense dinosaurs are too rich, fat and lazy to produce weapons anymore. It’s time to cut them loose and to find new manufacturers.
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