Schriever celebrates GPS satellite launch

Schriever personnel watch the successul launch of the fourth GPS IIF satellite, Space Vehicle Number 66 May 15 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The new capabilities of the IIF satellites will provide greater navigational accuracy through improvements in atomic clock technology; a more robust signal for commercial aviation and safety-of-life applications, known as the new third civil signal (L5); and a 12-year design life providing long-term service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)

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Schriever celebrates GPS satellite launch

Published May 22, 2013
By Bill Evans
U.S. Air Force

5/16/2013 -- Schriever personnel watch the successul launch of the fourth GPS IIF satellite, Space Vehicle Number 66 May 15 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The new capabilities of the IIF satellites will provide greater navigational accuracy through improvements in atomic clock technology; a more robust signal for commercial aviation and safety-of-life applications, known as the new third civil signal (L5); and a 12-year design life providing long-term service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)