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Launch delays hamper near-term impact of GPS experimentation program

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The Space Force is looking for ways to experiment with new technologies on its next-generation GPS satellites.

The service planned to launch the NTS-3 demonstration in 2022 with an eye toward experimenting with new positioning, navigation and timing signals and payloads.

But persistent delays to the rocket assigned to fly the spacecraft have stalled the program for years .

The longer it takes to actually launch those experiments, get the data and assess it, the window starts to close on the availability of production vehicles.