The U.S. Air Force has issued a NANU announcing the decommissioning of SVN-41 (PRN-14). SVN-41, the sixth of the GPS-IIR satellites, was launched on November 10th, 2000 and set to active service a month later on December 10th, 2000. Serving for almost 20 years, the longevity of the satellite is a testament to the diligent work of the Air Force Second Space Operations Squadron.
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NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 2020034
SUBJ: SVN41 (PRN14) DECOMMISSIONING JDAY 191/2200
- NANU TYPE: DECOM
NANU NUMBER: 2020034
NANU DTG: 092224Z JUL 2020
REFERENCE NANU: 2020031
REF NANU DTG: 071654Z JUL 2020
SVN: 41
PRN: 14
UNUSABLE START JDAY: 191
UNUSABLE START TIME ZULU: 1816
UNUSABLE START CALENDAR DATE: 09 JUL 2020
DECOMMISSIONING START JDAY: 191
DECOMMISSIONING START TIME ZULU: 2200
DECOMMISSIONING START CALENDAR DATE: 09 JUL 2020
- CONDITION: GPS SATELLITE SVN41 (PRN14) WAS UNUSABLE AS OF JDAY 191 (09 JUL 2020)
AND REMOVED FROM THE GPS CONSTELLATION ON JDAY 191 (09 JUL 2020).
- POC: CIVILIAN – NAVCEN AT 703-313-5900, HTTPS://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 276-3526. COMM 805-606-3526.
