Navigation Satellite System earns House lawmakers' support

By Apurva Minchekar / June 12, 2023 at 4:39 PM
Lawmakers will continue to support the Space Force's first navigation satellite system to ensure a resilient Global Positioning System architecture, according to draft legislation from the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee. Navigation Technology Satellite-3 is the first experimental positioning, navigation and timing satellite, which is expected to launch later this year . The subcommittee said that NTS-3 could play an important role in supporting additional GPS satellites and has asked the Air Force secretary to provide a briefing to...

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