GPS at Risk: Doomsday 2010
May 23rd, 2009 in GPS News. No Comments Yet
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued on May 7 an alarming report on the
future of GPS, characterizing ongoing modernization efforts as shaky. The agency appears to single out the IIF
program as the weak link between current stability and ensured future capability, calling into doubt
"whether the Air Force will be able to acquire new satellites in time to maintain current GPS service
without interruption." It asserts the very real possibility that "in 2010, as old satellites begin
to fail, the overall GPS constellation will fall below the number of satellites required to provide the level of
GPS service that the U.S. government commits to."
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