Initial Use NANU for SVN-74

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The Air Force Second Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS) has issued an Initial Use (USABINIT) NANU for SVN-74, the first of the new generation of GPS-III satellites. SVN-74 was launched on 23 December of 2018, JDAY 357 2018, and, having successfully undergone rigorous operational testing on orbit, SVN-74/PRN-04 has taken its place backing up SVN-68/PRN-9 at F3 in the active GPS constellation.

 

NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 2020004

SUBJ: SVN74 (PRN04) USABLE JDAY 013/1734

  1. NANU TYPE: USABINIT

       NANU NUMBER: 2020004

       NANU DTG: 131735Z JAN 2020

       REFERENCE NANU: N/A

       REF NANU DTG: N/A

       SVN: 74

       PRN: 04

       START JDAY: 013

       START TIME ZULU: 1734

       START CALENDAR DATE: 13 JAN 2020

       STOP JDAY: N/A

       STOP TIME ZULU: N/A

     STOP CALENDAR DATE: N/A

 

  1. CONDITION: GPS SATELLITE SVN74 (PRN04) WAS USABLE AS OF JDAY 013

   (13 JAN 2020) BEGINNING 1734 ZULU.

 

  1. POC: CIVILIAN - NAVCEN AT 703-313-5900, HTTPS://WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV

   MILITARY - GPS OPERATIONS CENTER at HTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL/GPSOC, DSN 560-2541,

   COMM 719-567-2541, gpsoperationscenter@us.af.mil, HTTPS://GPS.AFSPC.AF.MIL

   MILITARY ALTERNATE - JOINT SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER, DSN 276-3514,

   COMM 805-606-3514, JSPOCCOMBATOPS@VANDENBERG.AF.MIL


Rick Hamilton
CGSIC Executive Secretariat
GPS Information Analysis Team Lead
U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center
703-313-5930