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  • Atlas 5 to fly Wednesday, continuing rapid deployment of GPS satellites

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    File photo of Atlas 5 in the 401 configuration. Image: ULA. Launching new Global Positioning System navigation satellites at a rate not seen in 21 years, this year’s fourth such deployment is coming up at midday Wednesday by an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The United Launch Alliance booster is scheduled for liftoff at…

  • Indian navigation satellite launched by PSLV

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    A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off with the IRNSS 1C navigation satellite at 2002 GMT (4:02 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, or 1:32 a.m. local time Thursday, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. Photo credit: ISRO The third spacecraft to join India’s growing regional navigation system blasted off and flew into orbit Wednesday aboard…

  • Indian navigation satellite ready for launch

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    Technicians work on the IRNSS 1C navigation satellite inside the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’s mobile service tower. Credit: ISRO The third satellite for India’s regional navigation network is set for liftoff Wednesday to join a growing fleet of spacecraft providing independent tracking and positioning services over India and its neighbors. Set for liftoff at 2002…

  • GPS modernization continues with quick pace of launches

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    Artist’s concept of a GPS 2F-series satellite in orbit. Credit: Boeing A new satellite launched Aug. 1 has joined the U.S. Air Force’s GPS navigation network to help guide everything from bombs to road trippers to their destinations, with final preparations on track to send up another GPS spacecraft at the end of October. The…

  • Galileo launch failure blamed on frozen Fregat fuel line

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    Artist’s concept of a Fregat upper stage during launch with two Galileo navigation satellites. Photo credit: Arianespace TV/Spaceflight Now A design flaw in a Russian Fregat upper stage was responsible for the botched orbital injection of two European Galileo navigation satellites in August, officials said Wednesday, causing hydrazine fuel to freeze inside the rocket’s maneuvering…