The eighth GPS-IIF satellite, SVN-69/PRN-03, launched on 29 October 2014, has completed its operational checkout and was set to healthy and usable Friday, December 12, 2014. See NANU 2014090 below. This brings the number of satellites transmitting the L2C signal to 15 and those transmitting the L5 signal to 08. The next GPS-IIF satellite, IIF-9/SVN-70 is tentatively scheduled for launch in March of 2015.
NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 2014090
SUBJ: SVN69 (PRN03) USABLE JDAY 346/2119
1. NANU TYPE: USABINIT
NANU NUMBER: 2014090
NANU DTG: 122108Z DEC 2014
REFERENCE NANU: N/A
REF NANU DTG: N/A
SVN: 69
PRN: 03
START JDAY: 346
START TIME ZULU: 2119
START CALENDAR DATE: 12 DEC 2014
STOP JDAY: N/A
STOP TIME ZULU: N/A
STOP CALENDAR DATE: N/A
2. CONDITION: GPS SATELLITE SVN69 (PRN03) WAS USABLE AS OF JDAY 346
(12 DEC 2014) BEGINNING 2119 ZULU.
3. POC: CIVILIAN – NAVCEN AT 703-313-5900, HTTP://WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV
MILITARY – GPS OPERATIONS CENTER at HTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL/GPSOC, DSN 560-2541,
COMM 719-567-2541, gpsoperationscenter@us.af.mil, HTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL
MILITARY ALTERNATE – JOINT SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER, DSN 276-3514,
COMM 805-606-3514, JSPOCCOMBATOPS@VANDENBERG.AF.MIL