On June 30th, 2020, the United States Air Force successfully launched the second Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space Vehicle (SV) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. This is the third GPS satellite model of its kind to launch into orbit and SpaceX’s second time launching a GPS spacecraft. Called GPS III SV03, it’s part of a block of satellites known as GPS III, designed and built by Lockheed Martin. GPS III satellites have three times better accuracy and up to eight times improved anti-jamming capabilities.

Under subcontract to SAIC, Celeris Systems had the honor of supporting this mission with the following Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) services:

• Satellite requirements & interface verification

• Mission Readiness Campaign scheduling

• Test asset utilization & de-confliction

• Satellite Developmental Evaluation Framework (DEF) Mission Readiness

• Independent Enterprise Assessment of mission readiness

• Post launch on-orbit checkout activities

SE&I relied on our Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, iRIS®, to support these activities throughout all phases of mission readiness.