The GPS Satellite Praised by Mike Pence for Space Force Is Delayed Yet Again
- Air Force cites need for more time to review SpaceX rocket
- First new GPS III satellite is part of $5.4 billion program
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Announcing plans for a new U.S. Space Force on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence singled out the Pentagon’s “new generation of jam-resistant GPS and communication satellites” as a harbinger of the push to “secure American leadership in space.”
But the advanced Global Positioning System satellite has been hobbled by four years of delivery delays. And now the launch the first of the new satellites -- originally planned for April 2014 -- has slipped once again, according to the Air Force.