Tag: Global Positioning System
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GPS satellite encapsulated for Delta 4 launch
The U.S. Air Force’s next GPS navigation satellite has been closed up inside the payload fairing of its Delta 4 launcher ahead a liftoff from Cape Canaveral scheduled for July 25. The Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft was encapsulated inside the Delta 4’s payload fairing last week inside an Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida. The…
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Final ‘single stick’ Delta 4-Medium rocket arrives at Florida launch pad
The core of United Launch Alliance’s final Delta 4-Medium rocket rolled out to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad May 28. Credit: United Launch Alliance Ground crews finished the initial build-up of the last “single stick” medium-lift variant of United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4 rocket on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral last week in…
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SpaceX closes out year with successful GPS satellite launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Sunday. Credit: SpaceX A new era in GPS navigation launched Sunday, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into orbit with a Lockheed Martin-built satellite designed to beam higher-power positioning, navigation and timing signals around the world, providing military and civilian users with more accurate…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches GPS navigation satellite for U.S. Air Force
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 3 SV01 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. SpaceX’s…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with the GPS 3 SV01 navigation satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 19, Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 with new target launch dates. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday carrying the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS 3-series navigation satellite destined for an orbit more than 12,000 miles above Earth. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for…
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Air Force requirements will keep SpaceX from landing Falcon 9 booster after GPS launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 19, Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 for new target launch dates. The U.S. Air Force’s first upgraded GPS 3-series navigation satellite undergoes electromagnetic testing at Lockheed Martin’s factory in Denver. Credit: Lockheed Martin The demands of launching the first in an upgraded line of U.S. Air Force GPS navigation satellites, including a…
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Flock of ‘microsats’ launched to measure winds inside hurricanes
Updated at 4:15 p.m. EST (2115 GMT) with acquisition of all eight satellites. A Pegasus XL rocket fires into space after dropping from the belly of Orbital ATK’s L-1011 carrier jet. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A winged Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket dropped from the belly of a carrier jet off the east coast of…
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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 manufacturing batch to update the constellation. The GPS 2F-12 craft was launched into the navigation network from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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Videos: 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. See earlier GPS 2F-12 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Recap story: Last GPS satellite of its generation arrives in space
CAPE CANAVERAL — The main engine rumbling to life. Ice shards breaking free. The rocket lumbering off the pad. The battle against gravity being won once again. That was the scene at 8:38 a.m. EST (1338 GMT) Friday morning as the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster took flight to cap a generation of Global…