Navigation Technology Satellite

Navigation Technology Satellite are satellite demonstration of new Technology related to Satellite Navigation especially for GPS.^[1][2][3].

List of satellites

Name	SATCAT	Launch date (UTC)	Launch vehicle	Launch site	Orbital apsis	Inclination	Period (min)	Status
NTS-1 (Timation 3)[4][5]	7369	14 July 1974	Atlas-F/PTS	Vandenberg, SLC-3W				Success
NTS-2 (Timation 4)[6]	10091	23 June 1977	Atlas-F/SGS-1	Vandenberg, SLC-3W				Success
NTS-3[7]		13 August 2025 00:15	Vulcan Centaur VC4S	Cape Canaveral, SLC-41				Planned

Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3)

Navigation Technology Satellite-3 is a satellite to demonstrate new technologies related to Satellite Navigation. NTS-3 will demonstrate resilient PNT in a Multi-Layer space architecture.^[8]

NTS-3 is based on Northrop Grumman ESPAStar-D Satellite Bus. The Satellite is planned to be launched on a Vulcan Centaur VC4S rocket as part of USSF-106 Mission from Cape Canaveral SLC-41 is planned to launch on 13 August 2025 at 00:15 UTC.^[9][10][11]

See Also

• Timation
• Global Positioning System