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February 16, 2016
With a stopgap fix under contract and a bump-up in next year's budget request on the table the Air Force appears intent on sticking with its plan to continue work on a new GPS ground system despite dismay over repeated delays.
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The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the 12th Boeing-built GPS IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on February 5. (more)  
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) says that the recent decommissioning of a GPS satellite led to difficulties for listeners receiving digital radio signals. (more)
Lockheed Martin has announced that the first GPS III satellite successfully completed system-level Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing on December 23, validating the design of the entire assembled satellite. (more)
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China Launches New MEO BeiDou Satellite; 18 More to Come by End of 2018
China successfully completed its first BeiDou launch of the year, lifting a new-generation satellite into orbit on February 1 and adding to its 17 operational spacecraft in the nation's GNSS constellation. (more)
In its first GLONASS-M launch in more than a year, Russia lifted a satellite into orbit on February 7 from the Pletsetsk Cosmodrome, after being postponed from December. (more)
LightSquared Inc. has announced a change of name to Ligado Networks, as it hopes to shake contentious history with GPS community. (more)
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