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GPS satellite moves to Atlas 5 facility for launch next Friday
File photo of GPS satellite lift atop Atlas 5. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — After a quarter-century readying Global Positioning System satellites for launch at a Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
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Atlas 5/GPS 2F-12 launch timeline
Follow the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad with the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 2F-12 navigation satellite. Launch is scheduled for Friday at 8:38 a.m. EST (1338...
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Photos: GPS 2F-12 navigation spacecraft readied for launch
This collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-12 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 nose cone and hoisted atop the rocket...
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United Launch Alliance’s high-tempo year begins with GPS launch Friday
File photo of the Atlas 5. Credit: James Murati / Bionetics CAPE CANAVERAL — Kicking off United Launch Alliance’s ambitious 2016 with as many as 15 launches planned for the U.S. military, intelligence...
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolls out for Friday launch to GPS constellation
The Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch GPS 2F-12 satellite on Friday at 8:38 a.m. EST. Photo credit:...
View ArticleLive coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
(Launch webcast begins at 8:18 a.m. EST) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying the GPS 2F-12 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear...
View ArticleVideos: Atlas 5 caps a generation of GPS launches
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Global Positioning System 2F-12 satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, completing 27 years and 61 flights of the GPS 2 generation....
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches navigation craft from Cape Canaveral
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the GPS 2F-12 satellite for use by the U.S. military and billions of civilians around the world. Photo Credit:...
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Recap story: Last GPS satellite of its generation arrives in space
Thanks to everyone who joined the #GPSIIF12 conversation yesterday! A close-up launch pad video from yesterday's launch on #AtlasV. @usairforce @45thspacewing #GPS #Launch #Space #RocketsOfInstagram...
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‘Slick 6:’ 30 years after the hopes of a West Coast space shuttle
The shuttle Enterprise sits atop SLC-6 for “fit checks” in 1985. Credit: Air Force It was 1986 and the U.S. Air Force was on the cusp of something unprecedented in human spaceflight — launching a space...
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Photos: NROL-45 payload fitted atop Delta 4 for launch
This collection of photographs shows the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-45 payload, already encapsulated in the Delta 4 nose cone, being moved from the payload processing facility at...
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National Reconnaissance Office to begin year’s manifest with Delta 4
File of Delta 4 Medium+ (5,2) on the pad at Vandenberg. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now. See more images like this. Beginning the National Reconnaissance Office’s campaign of four launches in 2016...
View ArticleLive coverage: Delta 4 countdown and launch journal
(Launch webcast begins at 3:19 a.m. local (6:19 a.m. EST; 1119 GMT) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket carrying the NROL-45 payload for the National...
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Photos: Delta 4 rocket revealed
The 32-story-tall mobile service tower is retracted from the Delta 4 rocket at Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 6 pad for the NROL-45 flight that will place a surveillance satellite into orbit for the...
View ArticleVideo: Delta 4 launches before dawn from California
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launching on the NROL-45 satellite-deployment mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. See...
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Delta 4 goes against the grain to backwards orbit for spy bird
Soaring in fine fashion before daybreak, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket maneuvered a new spy satellite into a unique retrograde orbit this morning to join an expanding constellation of...
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Photos: Delta 4 launches on secret NROL-45 mission
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket flight to deploy the NROL-45 spy satellite payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Photo Credit: United Launch...
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Photos: More Delta 4 launch shots
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket blasts into the predawn skies at Vandenberg Air Force Base with the NROL-45 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Photo Credit: Gene Blevins /...
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Delta 4-Heavy goes to launch pad for national security flight
File photos of Delta 4-Heavy rollout and erection. Photos by ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Rolling toward a mid-May deployment of a clandestine spy satellite, United Launch Alliance’s triple-body Delta 4-Heavy...
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New GPS satellite begins transmitting to users around the globe
CAPE CANAVERAL — Air Force ground controllers have activated service aboard the newest Global Positioning System satellite, achieving that milestone for the final spacecraft in a dozen built in a...
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