The Global Positioning System, better known as GPS, marks its 25th year of operation Apr. 27, 2020. On this date in 1995, the system reached full operational capability, meaning the system met all ...

The Global Positioning System marked its 25th year of operation on April 27. On this date in 1995, the system reached full operational capability, meaning the system met all performance requirements.

The Global Positioning System enterprise reached another major milestone on Oct. 21, when the GPS III Contingency Operations Program (COps) successfully connected with the first GPS III satellite on ...

The 2nd Space Operations Squadron set Satellite Vehicle Number-74 (SVN-74, the first GPS III satellite) as healthy and active to users on the 2nd SOPS operations floor. Setting SVN-74 healthy and ...