Losing GPS could cost billions, so the Space Force is having companies like Astranis build a backup network
The U.S. Air Force began deploying the Global Positioning System (GPS) nearly 50 years ago, critical infrastructure to both ...
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Astranis partners with Xona Space for U.S. military GPS backup program
Astranis secured an $8 million contract for the initial design phase of the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program ...
Space Force fast-tracks backup GPS
Defense agencies are investing about $2 billion on a satellite program called Resilient Global Positioning System, or R-GPS, ...
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Losing GPS could cost billions, so the Space Force is having companies like Astranis build a backup network
The U.S. Air Force began deploying the Global Positioning System — more commonly ... $50 [million] to $80 million per satellite and procuring upwards of 24 satellites. So the quick math is ...