GPS III Satellite Launches with BAE Systems RAD750 Single Board Computers
August 22 2019 - 12:56PM
Business Wire
The U.S. Air Force today launched its second GPS III satellite,
the most powerful Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite ever
built. BAE Systems’ RAD750™ Single Board Computer (SBC), part of
Harris Corporation’s navigation payload for GPS III prime
contractor Lockheed Martin, will provide radiation hardened,
high-performance onboard processing capability for the satellite’s
mission.
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The second GPS III satellite launched
today from Cape Canaveral with our RAD750™ Single Board Computer on
board. It will provide radiation hardened, high-performance onboard
processing capability for the satellite’s mission to modernize the
GPS constellation. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)
“Security and reliability are key to ensuring warfighters can
depend on GPS signals,” said James LaRosa, director of Space
Processor and Products at BAE Systems. “Our rad-hard RAD750
processor can withstand radiation doses a million times stronger
than a fatal human dose, and that durability is valued on missions
like the GPS III.”
To modernize the GPS constellation with new technology and
advanced capabilities, the Air Force began launching its new,
next-generation GPS III satellites in December 2018. GPS III is
three times more accurate and has up to eight times improved
anti-jamming capabilities over current GPS satellites. GPS III is
the first GPS satellite to broadcast the new L1C civil signal to be
interoperable with other international global navigation satellite
systems, like Galileo. The Air Force has announced plans to build
up to 32 GPS III and IIIF satellites, for which BAE Systems’ SBCs
could provide long-lasting computing power on each mission.
BAE Systems’ radiation-hardened electronics have been on board
satellites and spacecraft for almost 30 years. The company has
provided more than 900 computers from more than 300 satellites, and
has provided the computers that power key national space assets
such as Juno and Pathfinder.
Radiation hardened computers are produced at BAE Systems’
facility in Manassas, Virginia. The facility is a U.S. Department
of Defense Category 1A Microelectronics Trusted Source.
Learn more about our radiation-hardened computers and processors
baesystems.com/space.
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