USSF-49 (GPS IIIF-2)

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than 2027

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Mission Details

GPS IIIF-2

GPS IIIF (Global Positioning System) is the second evolution stage of the third generation of GPS satellites. The U.S. Air Force announced in September 2018 that a team led by Lockheed Martin won the competition to build the next-generation Global Positioning System (Navstar) Space System program, known as GPS IIIF. The satellites will be based on Lockheed Martin's LM2100M bus. These satellites are redesigned to be serviceable in orbit so they can be upgraded with new hardware.

Medium Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Vulcan VC2S

Active Since 2024

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Agency

ULA

Rocket

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 61.6m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 19,000 kg

GTO: 8,400 kg

Liftoff Thrust

8,952 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 15.5m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours