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	Launch date (UTC)	Launch vehicle	Launch site	Status
NTS-1^[4]^[5]	14 July 1974	Atlas-F/PTS	Vandenberg, SLC-3W	Success
NTS-2^[6]	23 June 1977	Atlas-F/SGS-1	Vandenberg, SLC-3W	Success
NTS-3^[7]	9 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 9 August 2025 at 00:15 UTC.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Reference

^ "NTS 1 (P73-3)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
^ "NTS 2 (P76-4)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
^ "NTS 3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
^ "NTS 1 (P73-3)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
^ "Navigation Technology Satellite". web.archive.org. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
^ "NTS 2 (P76-4)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
^ "NTS 3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
^ "NTS 3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
^ Erwin, Sandra (9 April 2022). "Air Force space experiment will seek to demonstrate multi-orbit satellite navigation". SpaceNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "AFRL To Test More-Resilient GPS Technologies". Aviation Week. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
^ "Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) Satellite" (PDF). AFRL Space Vehicle Directorate. Retrieved 1 March 2025.

External links

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January	XPoSat Starlink G7-9 (21 satellites) Ovzon-3 Starlink G6-35 (23 satellites) Tianmu-1 15-18 Peregrine Mission One (Iris, Colmena × 5) Einstein Probe Tianxing-1-02 Gravity-1 (Yunyao-1 18-20) IGS-Optical 8 Starlink G7-10 (22 satellites) Starlink G6-37 (23 satellites) Tianzhou 7 Axiom Mission 3 Soraya Kinetica 1 (Taijing-1-03, Taijing-2-02, Taijing-2-04, Taijing-3-02, Taijing-4-03) Starlink G7-11 (22 satellites) Simorgh (Mahda, Keyhan-2, Hatef-1) Starlink G6-38 (23 satellites) Starlink G7-12 (22 satellites) Cygnus NG-20 Lemur-2 / Skylark × 4
February	Geely Constellation Group 02 (11 satellites) Jielong 3 (DRO-L, NExSat 1, WeiHai-1-01/02, Xingshidai 18-20, Yantai-2, Zhixing 2A) PACE Kosmos 2575 / Razbeg №2 Starlink G7-13 (22 satellites) SDA Tracking Layer Tranche 0 (4 satellites) Progress MS-26 IM-1 (EagleCam) Starlink G7-14 (22 satellites) H3 (Vehicle Evaluation Payload-4, CE-SAT-1E, TIRSAT) INSAT-3DS ADRAS-J Merah Putih 2 Starlink G7-15 (22 satellites) TJS-11 Starlink G6-39 (24 satellites) Meteor-M No.2-4 WHG-01 Starlink G6-40 (23 satellites)
March	SpaceX Crew-8 AEROS MH-1 Starlink G6-41 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-43 (23 satellites) Starlink G7-17 (23 satellites) StriX-3 KAIROS (CSICE Quick Response Satellite)† DRO-A, B Starship flight test 3 Starlink G6-44 (23 satellites) Starlink G7-16 (20 satellites), USA-350 / Starshield, USA-351 / Starshield Queqiao-2, Tiandu-1, Tiandu-2 Yunhai-2 02 (6 satellites) USA-352 / RASR-5 SpaceX CRS-30 Soyuz MS-25 Starlink G6-42 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-46 (23 satellites) Yunhai-3 02 Eutelsat 36D Starlink G6-45 (23 satellites) Resurs-P №4
April	Starlink G7-18 (22 satellites) Yaogan 42-01 Starlink G6-47 (23 satellites) Starlink G8-1 (21 satellites) Acadia-4, Hawk × 6, TSAT-1A USA-353 / Orion 12 Starlink G6-48 (23 satellites) Angara A5 (Orion) WSF-M 1 Starlink G6-49 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-51 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-52 (23 satellites) Yaogan 42-02 Starlink G6-53 (23 satellites) Shenzhou 18 Galileo FOC FM25, Galileo FOC FM26 Starlink G6-54 (23 satellites)
May	WorldView Legion 1, WorldView Legion 2 Starlink G6-55 (23 satellites) Chang'e 6, ICUBE-Q Starlink G6-57 (23 satellites) Long March 6C (Haiwangxing-01, Zhixing-1C) Starlink G6-56 (23 satellites) Zhihui Tianwang 1-01A & 1-01B Starlink G8-2 (20 satellites) Shiyan 23 Starlink G6-58 (23 satellites) Starlink G8-7 (20 satellites) Kosmos 2576 / Nivelir-L N°4 Starlink G6-59 (23 satellites) Beijing-3C (4 satellites) Kuaizhou 11 (Chaodigui Jishu Shiyan, Lingque-3 01, Luojia 3-01, Tianyan 22) USA-354,...,USA-374 / Starshield × 21 Starlink G6-62 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-63 (23 satellites) PREFIRE Mission 1 Malligyong-1 #1† Starlink G6-60 (23 satellites) EarthCARE Ceres-1S (Tianqi 25-28) Progress MS-27 Paksat-MM1R Ceres-1 (Jiguang 01 & 02, Yunyao-1 14, Yunyao-1 25-26)
June	Starlink G6-64 (23 satellites) Starlink G8-5 (20 satellites) PREFIRE Mission 2 Boe-CFT Ceres-1 (Naxing-3A & 3B, TEE-01B) Starship flight test 4 Starlink G10-1 (22 satellites) Starlink G8-8 (20 satellites) Starlink G9-1 (20 satellites) Kinéis 1 A-E ASTRA 1P / SES-24 SVOM Starlink G10-2 (22 satellites) Starlink G9-2 (20 satellites) GOES-U Starlink G10-3 (23 satellites) USA-375,...,USA-395 / Starshield × 21 ChinaSat 3A
July	ALOS-4 Starlink G8-9 (20 satellites) Alpha (CatSat, KUbeSat-1, MESAT 1, R5-S2-2.0, R5-S4, Serenity, SOC-i, TechEdSat-11) Tianhui 5 Group 02 (2 satellites) Türksat 6A Ariane 6 (Nyx Bikini, ISTSat-1) Ceres-1 (Yunyao-1 15-17)† Starlink G9-3 (23 satellites)† Gaofen 11-05 Starlink G10-9 (23 satellites) Starlink G10-4 (23 satellites) Starlink G9-4 (21 satellites) USA-396, USA-397, USA-398
August	WHG-02 Starlink G10-6 (23 satellites) StriX-4 Starlink G11-1 (23 satellites) Cygnus NG-21 (Wisseed Sat) Qianfan Polar Group 01 (18 satellites) Starlink G8-3 (21 satellites) Acadia-3 ASBM-1, ASBM-2 Starlink G10-7 (23 satellites) Progress MS-28 WorldView Legion 3, WorldView Legion 4 EOS-08 Yaogan 43-01 (9 satellites) ION SCV-012, Acadia-5, EagleEye, Hawk × 3, ICEYE × 4, ÑuSat × 3, Flock-4be × 36, HYPSO-2, Lemur-2 × 7, Lemu Nge, Nightjar, Phi-Sat-2, PTD-4, PTD-R, TORO Starlink G10-5 (22 satellites) ChinaSat 4A Starlink G8-6 (21 satellites) Ceres-1S (Jitianxing A-03, Suxing 1-01, Tianfu Gaofen 2, Yunyao-1 15-17) Starlink G8-10 (21 satellites) Starlink G9-5 (21 satellites)
September	Yaogan 43-02 (6 satellites) Sentinel-2C Starlink G8-11 (21 satellites) Geely Constellation Group 03 (10 satellites) USA-400,...,USA-420 / Starshield × 21 Polaris Dawn Soyuz MS-26 BlueBird Block 1 (5 satellites) Starlink G9-6 (21 satellites) Qaem 100 (Chamran-1) Kosmos 2577 / OO MKA №1, Kosmos 2578 / OO MKA №2 Galileo FOC FM26, Galileo FOC FM32 BeiDou-3 M27, BeiDou-3 M28 Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02B (6 satellites) Kuaizhou-1A (Tianqi 29-32) Starlink G9-17 (20 satellites) Kinéis 3 A-E Tianyan-15 Jilin-1 SAR-01A Starlink G9-8 (20 satellites) IGS-Radar 8 Shijian 19 SpaceX Crew-9
October	Vulcan Cert-2 Hera, Juventas, Milani WHG-03 Starship flight test 5 Europa Clipper Starlink G10-10 (23 satellites) Starlink G9-7 (20 satellites) Qianfan Polar Group 02 (18 satellites) Gaofen 12-05 Starlink G8-19 (20 satellites) OneWeb L20 (20 satellites) Tianping-3A01, Tianping-3B01, Tianping-3B02 Yaogan 43-03 (3 satellites) Starlink G6-61 (23 satellites) USA-421,...,USA-437 / Starshield × 17 Starlink G10-8 (22 satellites) Shenzhou 19 Starlink G9-9 (20 satellites) Starlink G10-13 (23 satellites) Kosmos 2579 / Bars-M 6L
November	DSN-3 Ionosfera-M n°1 & n°2 SpaceX CRS-31 (LignoSat) Protosat-1 Starlink G6-77 (23 satellites) PIESAT-2A 01, PIESAT-2B 01–03 Starlink G9-10 (20 satellites) Shiyan 26A, Shiyan 26B, Shiyan 26C, Jilin-1 Gaofen-05B-01, Jilin-1 Pingtai-02A-03, Tianyan-24 Koreasat 6A Starlink G6-69 (24 satellites) Haiyang-4A Starlink G9-11 (20 satellites) Starlink G6-68 (24 satellites) Tianzhou 8 Optus-X Starlink G9-12 (20 satellites) GSAT-20 Starship flight test 6 Progress MS-29 Starlink G6-66 (24 satellites) Starlink G9-13 (20 satellites) Siwei Gaojing 2-03, Siwei Gaojing 2-04 Kinéis 5 A-E Starlink G12-1 (23 satellites) Guangchuan-01, Guangchuan-02 Starlink G6-76 (24 satellites) Kondor-FKA №2 Starlink G6-65 (24 satellites) Starlink GN-01 (20 satellites), USA-438 / Starshield, USA-439 / Starshield Long March 12 (JSW-03)
December	TJS-13 Haishao-1 Starlink G6-70 (24 satellites) Kosmos 2580 / Lotos-S1 n°09 Starlink G9-14 (20 satellites) Qianfan Polar Group 03 (18 satellites) PROBA-3 SXM-9 Sentinel-1C Saman-1 Starlink G12-5 (23 satellites) High Speed Laser Diamond Constellation Test System (5 satellites) Starlink G11-2 (22 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 01 (10 satellites) PIESAT-2 09-12 USA-440 USA-441,...,USA-462 Starshield × 22 O3b mPOWER 7 & 8 Kairos (ISHIKI, TATARA-1, SC-Sat1)† Ceres-1S (Tianqi 33-36) TJS-12 LASARsat StriX-2 Starlink G12-2 (21 satellites) Resurs-P n°05 Kinetica 1 (DEAR-3)† Starlink G11-3 (22 satellites) Astranis Block 2 (4 satellites) SpaDeX Starlink G12-6 (21 satellites)
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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January	Thuraya 4-NGS Shijian 25 Starlink G6-71 (24 satellites) Starlink G12-11 (21 satellites) USA-463,...,USA-484 / Starshield × 22 Starlink G12-12 (21 satellites) Jielong 3 (10 Centispace-1 satellites) Starlink G12-4 (21 satellites) Transporter-12 (131 satellites) Falcon 9 Block 5 (Blue Ghost Mission 1, Hakuto-R Mission 2) New Glenn (Blue Ring) Starship flight test 7† Long March 2D (PRSC-EO1, Tianlu-1, Lantan-1) Ceres-1 (Yunyao-1 37-40, Jitianxing A-05) Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink G13-1 (21 satellites), USA-485, USA-486 / Starshield × 2) Starlink G11-8 (27 satellites) Qianfan Polar Group 06 (18 satellites) TJS-14 Starlink G11-6 (23 satellites) Starlink G12-7 (21 satellites) GSLV F15 (NVS-02) Spainsat NG I
February	Starlink G11-4 (22 satellites) Michibiki-6 Starlink G12-3 (21 satellites) WorldView Legion 5,WorldView Legion 6 Kosmos-2581, Kosmos-2582, Kosmos-2583 Starlink G12-9 (21 satellites) Kinéis 4 A-E Starlink G11-10 (23 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 02 (9 satellites) Starlink G12-18 (21 satellites) Starlink G12-8 (21 satellites) BlackSky Global 31 Starlink G10-12 (23 satellites) Starlink G12-14 (23 satellites) ChinaSat 10R Starlink G15-1 (22 satellites) Falcon 9 Block 5 (IM-2, Lunar Trailblazer) Starlink G12-13 (21 satellites) Siwei Gaojing 1-03, Siwei Gaojing 1-04 Progress MS-30
March	Kosmos 2584 / GLONASS-K2 №2 Starlink G12-20 (21 satellites) CSO-3 Starship flight test 8† TJS-15 Qianfan Polar Group 05 (18 satellites) Falcon 9 Block 5 (SPHEREx, PUNCH) Starlink G12-21 (21 satellites) Crew-10 QPS-SAR-9 Siwei Gaojing 3-02 Transporter-13 (74 satellites) Starlink G12-16 (23 satellites) Kosmos 2585 / Strela-3M №19, Kosmos 2586 / Strela-3M №20, Kosmos 2587 / Strela-3M №21 Ceres-1 (Yunyao-1 55-60, AIRSAT-06, AIRSAT-07) Kinéis 5 A-E Starlink G12-25 (23 satellites) USA-487,...,USA-497 / Starshield × 11 Ceres-1 (Yunyao-1 43-48) USA-498 OTC Phase 1 (8 satellites) Tianlian II-04 Starlink G11-7 (27 satellites) TJS-16 Spectrum† Starlink G6-80 (28 satellites)
April	Fram2 Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 6 A-D Tianping 3A-02 Starlink G11-13 (27 satellites) Starlink G6-72 (28 satellites) Starlink G11-11 (27 satellites) Soyuz MS-27 TJS-17 USA-499,...,USA-520 / Starshield × 22 Starlink G12-17 (21 satellites) Starlink G6-73 (27 satellites) USA-521, USA-522 Shiyan 27 A-F USA-523,...,USA-544 / Starshield × 22 CRS-32 Bandwagon-3 Shenzhou 20 Starlink G6-74 (28 satellites) Tianlian II-05 Starlink G12-23 (21 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 03 (10 satellites) Starlink G11-9 (27 satellites) Project Kuiper KA-01 (27 satellites) Starlink G12-10 (23 satellites) Biomass LM400†
May	Starlink G6-75 (28 satellites) Starlink G6-84 (29 satellites) Starlink G6-93 (28 satellites) Starlink G15-3 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-91 (28 satellites) Yaogan 40 Group 02 (3 satellites) TJS-19 Starlink G15-4 (26 satellites) Starlink G6-83 (28 satellites) Taikong Jisuan 1-12 Starlink G6-67 (28 satellites) Starlink G15-5 (26 satellites) Zhuque-2E (Tianyi 29, Tianyi 34-35, Tianyi 42, Tianyi 45-46) QPS-SAR-10 PSLV-C60 (EOS-09)† Ceres-1 (Tianqi 16-18, Tianqi-20) ChinaSat 3B Starlink G12-15 (23 satellites) Kinetica 1 (Taijing-3-04, Taijing-4-02-A, Xingrui-11, Xiguang-1 02, Xingjiyuan-1, Lifang108-001) Kosmos-2588 Starlink G11-16 (27 satellites) Starlink G12-22 (23 satellites) Starlink G17-1 (24 satellites) Starship flight test 9† Starlink G10-32 (27 satellites) Tianwen-2 Shijian 26 USA-545 Starlink G11-18 (27 satellites)
June	BlackSky Global 32 Starlink G12-19 (23 satellites) Starlink G11-22 (27 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 04 (10 satellites) SXM-10 Starlink G15-8 (26 satellites) Starlink G12-24 (23 satellites) QPS-SAR-11 Starlink G15-6 (26 satellites) Starlink G12-23 (23 satellites) CSES-02 Starlink G15-9 (26 satellites) Starlink G10-18 (28 satellites) Kosmos-2589 ChinaSat 9C Starlink G10-23 (27 satellites) Project Kuiper KA-02 (27 satellites) Axiom Mission 4 Starlink G10-16 (27 satellites) HawkEye 360 Cluster 12 (3 satellites) Starlink G10-34 (27 satellites) Echostar Lyra GOSAT-GW Starlink G15-7 (26 satellites)
July	MTG-S1 Starlink G10-25 (27 satellites) Shiyan 28 B-01 Progress MS-31 Starlink G10-28 (28 satellites) Dror-1 Tianzhou 9 Starlink G15-2 (26 satellites) Project Kuiper KF-01 (24 satellites) Starlink G17-3 (24 satellites) O3b mPOWER 9 & 10 TRACERS Ionosfera-M n°3 & n°4 CO3D, MicroCarb Starlink G10-26 (28 satellites) Starlink G17-2 (24 satellites)
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

Navigation Technology Satellite

List of satellites