US EditionULA’s Vulcan Centaur Launches NTS-3, Advancing Military Satellite Navigation
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Quantum Alternative To GPS Navigation Will Be Tested On US Military Spaceplane - Stuff South Africa
A US military space plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a platform for cutting-edge experiments. One of these experiments is a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum science as a tool for navigation: a quantum inertial sensor. Satellite-based systems like GPS are ubiquitous in our daily li…
The next test mission of the American X-37B space plane, starting in August 2025, will test a revolutionary navigation technology based on quantum physics principles, which could serve as an alternative to GPS in environments where satellite positioning is not available, The Conversation wrote.
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Launches NTS-3, Advancing Military Satellite Navigation
United Launch Alliance launched its powerful Vulcan Centaur rocket carrying NTS-3, a cutting-edge GPS PNT satellite for the U.S. military. This mission marks the first military experimental navigation satellite launch in 48 years. With advanced anti-jamming technology and the ability to reprogram in orbit, NTS-3 sets a new benchmark for satellite security and flexibility.
US Space Force launches first reprogrammable navigation satellite from L3Harris
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 The US Space Force has placed the L3Harris-built Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NTS-3 is the Department of Defense's first experimental navigation satellite in almost five decades, and the first fully reprogrammable Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) spacecraft designed to operate i
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