The American Surveyor

SVN41 (PRN14) Decommissioning JDAY 191

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

  1. 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

  1. 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).

  1. 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.milHTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL

MILITARY ALTERNATE – JOINT SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER, DSN 276-3526. COMM 805-606-3526.

JSPOCCOMBATOPS@US.AF.MIL

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