Sierra Space has accomplished another successful demo of the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the USSF via an SSC contract.
In this third milestone, Sierra Space demonstrated an early integration of the R-GPS satellite technology through FlatSat flight software and hardware subsystem testing in addition to successful communication with ground software.
Sierra Space announced in September a “Quick Start” R-GPS contract awarded by the Space Systems Command (SSC) to produce design concepts for smaller, more cost-effective GPS satellites. This new achievement comes only six months after the start of that program, highlighting Sierra Space’s rapid capabilities to bring technology to market in the national security space.
This recent testing milestone from Sierra Space demonstrated the successful flow of commands and telemetry between Sierra Space’s ground software and ground stations as-a-service provider, to establish that the technology will eventually work from orbit with ground-based facilities.
Additionally, there was successful testing of flight software and hardware subsystems in FlatSat format—when satellite components are laid out flat for evaluation. These early integration achievements are significant as Sierra Space moves closer to advancing the USSF’s ability to rapidly deploy R-GPS Space and Control Segments to augment the current GPS system.
