Tag: navigation
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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: United Launch Alliance See earlier GPS 2F-12 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Successful launch expands China’s Beidou navigation system
A Long March 3C rocket lifts off Monday with a new Beidou navigation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A new addition to China’s Beidou navigation network launched Monday on top of a Long March 3C rocket, which injected the satellite into an orbit more than 13,000 miles above Earth several hours later. The Beidou spacecraft will test…
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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 GMT). T+0:00:01.1: Liftoff The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 vehicle, designated AV-057, will lift off and begin a vertical rise away…
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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 community, NASA and commercial clients, an Atlas 5 rocket will thunder to orbit Friday to deploy the last satellite in the current…
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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 for flight on Friday morning. Encapsulation occurred at Cape Canaveral’s Area 59 processing facility for the GPS satellites on Jan. 19. Stacking atop the Atlas…
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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 processing hub, the final bird rolled out today as the navigation program transitions to a new era. “This GPS 2F-12 satellite represents the end…
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PSLV lofts satellite for India’s indigenous navigation system
A frame from a live webcast of Wednesday’s PSLV launch shows the rocket lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. Credit: ISRO The fifth satellite for India’s regional navigation network rode into orbit Wednesday aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, joining a growing fleet of spacecraft to provide positioning services to users across South…
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Fifth Indian navigation satellite set for liftoff
Live broadcast from ISRO begins at 0330 GMT (10:30 p.m. EST) India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled to deploy the fifth satellite in the country’s regional navigation network Wednesday. The 1,425-kilogram (3,141-pound) spacecraft will blast off on the 33rd flight of India’s workhorse PSLV launcher at 0401 GMT Wednesday (11:01 p.m. EST Tuesday) from…
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Oldest GPS navigation satellite to be retired with next launch
File photos of Atlas 5 stacking process. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A new Global Positioning System craft will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into orbit next month to replace a satellite that has operated in space for 25 years. Stacking of the two-stage launcher for ULA’s first mission of 2016 began…
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Oldest GPS navigation satellite to be retired with next launch
File photos of Atlas 5 stacking process. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A new Global Positioning System craft will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into orbit next month to replace a satellite that has operated in space for 25 years. Stacking of the two-stage launcher for ULA’s first mission of 2016 began…