U.S. Launches New GPS Satellite Aboard Delta 2 Rocket

The U.S. military's global position system or GPS will be getting a needed upgrade in the upcoming days and weeks ahead. This morning around 6:30AM a two-ton satellite lifted off which was aboard a Delta 2 rocket and headed to a highly elliptical orbit.

The new satellite will be used in the global position system and will replace the GPS 2R-26 which has been in orbit for over a decade now. Once replaced, the GPS 2R-26 will serve as a backup for the new satellite if something were to happen to it.

The new replacement will offer greater accuracy, upgraded signal transmission, and tougher resistance to interference to provide greater all-around performance.

Today, there are 30 operational satellites in the GPS with 24 being the minimum required for service which should lighten fears that the GPS network will fail in the next decade.