OCX, GPS Ⅲ Pass Key Test

摘要

Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the fourth of five planned launch and early orbit exercises to demonstrate new automation capabilities, information assurance, and launch readiness of the next-generation GPS Ⅲ Operational Control System (OCX). The completion is a key milestone towards end-to-end capability to automatically transfer data between Raytheon's OCX and Lockheed's GPS Ⅲ satellite. One more readiness exercise, five launch rehearsals, and a mission dress rehearsal are planned before launch of the first GPS Ⅲ with OCX. The exercise demonstrated mission planning and scheduling capabilities with the simulated Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) for the first time, including a replan scenario that would occur in the event of a launch slip.