LIFTOFF !

[+Jim W]

Liftoff of the 125th Boeing Delta 2 rocket and another mission to replenish the satellite constellation for the Global Positioning System. And the vehicle has cleared the tower.

 

Launch Information

Edited November 17, 2006 by Jim W

[Christopher Columbus]

So when will it be operational? And does anyone know what the Garmin Sat. # is going to be when I look at my 60CSx screen?

[ossumguywill]

So when will it be operational? And does anyone know what the Garmin Sat. # is going to be when I look at my 60CSx screen?

I think 31.

[+Jim W]

I thank it will be operational sometime in Dec. it is replacing Garmin Sat # 5, but I don't know what number they will give it, Garmin Sat # 5 will go into standby mode

[+EraSeek]

So when will it be operational? And does anyone know what the Garmin Sat. # is going to be when I look at my 60CSx screen?

I think 31.

 

The first was 17, the second was 31, so 31 is already taken.

[+Jim W]

Yep, Garmin #31 IIR-M-2 09-25-06

Edited November 18, 2006 by Jim W

[+hurley_108]

This one will be number 12.

 

ftp://tycho.usno.navy.mil/pub/gps/gpsb2.txt

[Christopher Columbus]

This one will be number 12.

 

ftp://tycho.usno.navy.mil/pub/gps/gpsb2.txt

 

Ahhhh.....number 12. I will keep an eye out for this one. Thanks.

 

Here's another question for the "think tank" crew. Why does my Garmin 60CSx show sat. #47 from time to time. I don't see a #47 PRN on the list? Am I picking up an alien transmission?

[+Jim W]

Christopher, Garmin/WAAS #47 is PRN 134, and is a WAAS Satellite

For More Information and scroll down to "How WAAS gets used by the Garmin receiver"

 

Edited November 18, 2006 by Jim W

[Christopher Columbus]

Christopher, Garmin/WAAS #47 is PRN 134, and is a WAAS Satellite

For More Information and scroll down to "How WAAS gets used by the Garmin receiver"

 

 

Thanks for the answer!

Chris

[+Jim W]

58 12 Launched 17 NOV 2006

PRN12/SVN58 launched on 17 Nov at 1912 UT and will reside

in Plane B Slot 4 (NANU 2006147)

Edited November 19, 2006 by Jim W

[+EraSeek]

Where are you getting this from? Here is what I have: GPS IIR-16/M3 PRN15/SVN55

[+Jim W]

EraSeek, go Here and scroll down to PRN 12, or Here and scroll down to Launches, or to the bottom of the list

Edited November 19, 2006 by Jim W

[+EraSeek]

EraSeek, go Here and scroll down to PRN 12, or Here and scroll down to Launches

 

Bizarre. I see no PRN12 on your first link. And on your second link this is what I see:

LAUNCHES

========

GPS IIR-15M (SVN52/SVN31) was launched on 25 Sep 2006 at 1850 UT from Cape

Canaveral, Florida. For detailed information about the launch, see:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d318/status.html.

[+Jim W]

That's strange, here's what I get

 

UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY (USNO)

 

GPS CONSTELLATION STATUS

 

************************************************************************

Information in this file is retained for approximately seven

days or until completion of the event; be aware that the

information provided below may change.

************************************************************************

 

A. BLOCK II/IIA/IIR/IIR-M INDIVIDUAL SATELLITE STATUS

 

SVN PRN

15 15 Launched 01 OCT 1990; usable 15 OCT 1990; operating on Cs std

Unusable 21 Aug 1358 UT to 17 Nov 2006 2215 UT and

decommissioned (NANUs 2006079, 2006148, 2006149/17 NOV)

24 24 Launched 04 JUL 1991; usable 30 AUG 1991; operating on Cs std

25 25 Launched 23 FEB 1992; usable 24 MAR 1992; operating on Rb std

26 26 Launched 07 JUL 1992; usable 23 JUL 1992; operating on Rb std

Unusable 11 Nov 0238 to 1603 UT due to maintenance

(NANUs 2006137, 2006143/13 NOV)

27 27 Launched 09 SEP 1992; usable 30 SEP 1992; operating on Cs std

29 29 Launched 18 DEC 1992; usable 05 JAN 1993; operating on Rb std

30 30 Launched 12 SEP 1996; usable 01 OCT 1996; operating on Cs std

32 01 Launched 22 NOV 1992; usable 11 DEC 1992; operating on Cs std

33 03 Launched 28 MAR 1996; usable 09 APR 1996; operating on Rb std

34 04 Launched 26 OCT 1993; usable 22 NOV 1993; operating on Rb std

35 05 Launched 30 AUG 1993; usable 28 SEP 1993; operating on Rb std

Unusable 07 Nov 0135 UT to 13 Nov 2325 UT

(NANUs 2006139, 2006145/13 NOV)

36 06 Launched 10 MAR 1994; usable 28 MAR 1994; operating on Rb std

37 07 Launched 13 MAY 1993; usable 12 JUN 1993; operating on Rb std

38 08 Launched 06 NOV 1997; usable 18 DEC 1997; operating on Cs std

39 09 Launched 26 JUN 1993; usable 20 JUL 1993; operating on Rb std

40 10 Launched 16 JUL 1996; usable 15 AUG 1996; operating on Cs std

41 14 Launched 10 NOV 2000; usable 10 DEC 2000; operating on Rb std

43 13 Launched 23 JUL 1997; usable 31 JAN 1998; operating on Rb std

44 28 Launched 16 JUL 2000; usable 17 AUG 2000; operating on Rb std

45 21 Launched 31 MAR 2003; usable 12 APR 2003; operating on Rb std

46 11 Launched 07 OCT 1999; usable 03 JAN 2000; operating on Rb std

Unusable 12 Nov 1545 UT to 13 Nov 0108 UT due to maintenance

(NANUs 2006138, 2006144/13 NOV)

47 22 Launched 21 DEC 2003; usable 12 JAN 2004; operating on Rb std

51 20 Launched 11 MAY 2000; usable 01 JUN 2000; operating on Rb std

52 31 Launched 25 SEP 2006; usable 12 OCT 2006; operating on Rb std

53 17 Launched 26 SEP 2005; usable 16 DEC 2005; operating on Rb std

54 18 Launched 30 JAN 2001; usable 15 FEB 2001; operating on Rb std

56 16 Launched 29 JAN 2003; usable 18 FEB 2003; operating on Rb std

58 12 Launched 17 NOV 2006

PRN12/SVN58 launched on 17 Nov at 1912 UT and will reside

in Plane B Slot 4 (NANU 2006147)

59 19 Launched 20 MAR 2004; usable 05 APR 2004; operating on Rb std

60 23 Launched 23 JUN 2004; usable 09 JUL 2004; operating on Rb std

61 02 Launched 06 NOV 2004; usable 22 NOV 2004; operating on Rb std

Edited November 19, 2006 by Jim W

[+EraSeek]

And this is what I have from your very link above:

 

A. BLOCK II/IIA/IIR/IIR-M INDIVIDUAL SATELLITE STATUS

 

SVN PRN

15 15 Launched 01 OCT 1990; usable 15 OCT 1990; operating on Cs std

Unusable 21 Aug 1358 UT and will remain unusable until

further notice (NANU 2006079)

24 24 Launched 04 JUL 1991; usable 30 AUG 1991; operating on Cs std

25 25 Launched 23 FEB 1992; usable 24 MAR 1992; operating on Rb std

26 26 Launched 07 JUL 1992; usable 23 JUL 1992; operating on Rb std

Outage for 06 Nov CANCELLED (NANUs 2006127, 2006136/06 NOV)

Unusable 09 Nov 0423 to 1137 UT due to repositioning

maintenance (NANUs 2006128, 2006131, 2006141/09 NOV)

Scheduled unusable 11 Nov 0200 to 2000 UT for maintenance

(NANU 2006137)

27 27 Launched 09 SEP 1992; usable 30 SEP 1992; operating on Cs std

29 29 Launched 18 DEC 1992; usable 05 JAN 1993; operating on Rb std

Unusable 08 Nov 1918 to 2106 UT due to maintenance

(NANUs 2006129, 2006140/08 NOV)

30 30 Launched 12 SEP 1996; usable 01 OCT 1996; operating on Cs std

32 01 Launched 22 NOV 1992; usable 11 DEC 1992; operating on Cs std

33 03 Launched 28 MAR 1996; usable 09 APR 1996; operating on Rb std

34 04 Launched 26 OCT 1993; usable 22 NOV 1993; operating on Rb std

Outage for 13 Nov CANCELLED (NANUs 2006130, 2006142/09 NOV)

35 05 Launched 30 AUG 1993; usable 28 SEP 1993; operating on Rb std

Unusable 07 Nov 0135 UT and will remain unusable until

further notice (NANU 2006139)

36 06 Launched 10 MAR 1994; usable 28 MAR 1994; operating on Rb std

37 07 Launched 13 MAY 1993; usable 12 JUN 1993; operating on Rb std

Unusable 04 Nov 1532 to 2107 UT

(NANUs 2006133, 2006134, 2006135/06 NOV)

38 08 Launched 06 NOV 1997; usable 18 DEC 1997; operating on Cs std

39 09 Launched 26 JUN 1993; usable 20 JUL 1993; operating on Rb std

40 10 Launched 16 JUL 1996; usable 15 AUG 1996; operating on Cs std

41 14 Launched 10 NOV 2000; usable 10 DEC 2000; operating on Rb std

43 13 Launched 23 JUL 1997; usable 31 JAN 1998; operating on Rb std

44 28 Launched 16 JUL 2000; usable 17 AUG 2000; operating on Rb std

45 21 Launched 31 MAR 2003; usable 12 APR 2003; operating on Rb std

46 11 Launched 07 OCT 1999; usable 03 JAN 2000; operating on Rb std

Scheduled unusable 12 Nov 1200 UT to 13 Nov 1200 UT

for maintenance (NANU 2006138)

47 22 Launched 21 DEC 2003; usable 12 JAN 2004; operating on Rb std

51 20 Launched 11 MAY 2000; usable 01 JUN 2000; operating on Rb std

Unusable 04 Nov 0602 to 1059 UT due to maintenance

(NANUs 2006126, 2006132/06 NOV)

52 31 Launched 25 SEP 2006; usable 12 OCT 2006; operating on Rb std

53 17 Launched 26 SEP 2005; usable 16 DEC 2005; operating on Rb std

54 18 Launched 30 JAN 2001; usable 15 FEB 2001; operating on Rb std

56 16 Launched 29 JAN 2003; usable 18 FEB 2003; operating on Rb std

59 19 Launched 20 MAR 2004; usable 05 APR 2004; operating on Rb std

60 23 Launched 23 JUN 2004; usable 09 JUL 2004; operating on Rb std

61 02 Launched 06 NOV 2004; usable 22 NOV 2004; operating on Rb std

[+Jim W]

EraSeek, scroll to the bottom of that page, and in the left hand corner see what date you have, it should be

File GPSTD

last updated

Sat Nov 18 00:18:16 UTC 2006

[+EraSeek]

On my desktop I have:

File GPSTD

last updated

Thu Nov 9 17:47:16 UTC 2006

 

In my laptop I had it as you do. Please explain!!?

[+Jim W]

WOW, that's strange, and I have no idea, unless it's a setting in your browser for updating web pages, go to, Tools, Internet Options and see how it's handling web pages, I have mine set to Automatically. What browser are you using?

Edited November 19, 2006 by Jim W

[+EraSeek]

58 12 Launched 17 NOV 2006

PRN12/SVN58 launched on 17 Nov at 1912 UT and will reside

in Plane B Slot 4 (NANU 2006147)

 

OK, I re-enabled the cleartype option after I disabled it post IE7 update, I cleared out my cookies and temp internet files and now I am good on the desktop. Hmm.

[+EraSeek]

Mine is set to automatic as well. I am using MSN Explorer browser.

[+Jim W]

EraSeek, glad you got it fixed, you had me going nuts trying to figure why you couldn't see what I was seeing

[+EraSeek]

Yeah. Hope it updates right next time.

[+EraSeek]

So what happened to GPS IIR-16/M3 PRN15/SVN55?

[+Jim W]

Where did you get that information from?

[+EraSeek]

Here: http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/article/a...l.jsp?id=382449

[+Jim W]

That was posted on Oct 26, 2006, maybe they got the wrong information, or the information changed, and they didn't update it