Tag: GPS

  • ULA Atlas V succesfully deploys new GPS satellite

    ULA Atlas V succesfully deploys new GPS satellite

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    United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V Wednesday evening, successfully delivering the fourth satellite in the US Air Force’s new series of Global Positioning System satellites. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 21:38 UTC (17:38 local time). Atlas V Launch: The fourth Block IIF GPS…

  • ULA Delta IV launches GPSIIF-3 from Cape Canaveral

    ULA Delta IV launches GPSIIF-3 from Cape Canaveral

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    United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket launched from Cape Canaveral early on Thursday, carrying a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the United States Air Force. The launch was on schedule at the start of a 19-minute window that opened at 12:10 UTC (08:10 local time). The spacecraft was deployed after a multi-hour trip into space. Delta…

  • Delta II launches penultimate GPS-IIR satellite

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    A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket has launched this morning, carrying GPS-IIR-20, the penultimate spacecraft of the current block of GPS satellites. Lift-off from Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral was on time, at the start of a window running from 08:34 to 08:49 GMT (04:34-04:49 EDT). Preview: GPS-IIR-20, which is also designated GPS-IIRM-7,…