{"id":15983,"date":"2015-10-22T21:42:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T13:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/atlas-5-receives-payload-for-third-launch-this-month\/"},"modified":"2015-10-22T21:42:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T13:42:54","slug":"atlas-5-receives-payload-for-third-launch-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/atlas-5-receives-payload-for-third-launch-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas 5 receives payload for third launch this month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAPE CANAVERAL \u2014 Heading to space next week to replace a 12-year-old satellite in the Global Positioning System navigation network, a modernized spacecraft was placed atop its Atlas 5 launcher yesterday.<\/p>\n

That completes assembly of the 189-foot-tall United Launch Alliance rocket at Cape Canaveral for liftoff of the GPS 2F-11 craft.<\/p>\n

Launch on Oct. 30 will be possible between 12:17 and 12:36 p.m. EDT (1617-1636 GMT) to reach the correct location within the GPS constellation.<\/p>\n

The new satellite will take the place of the GPS 2R-10 craft launched aboard Delta 302 on Dec. 21, 2003 into Plane E, Slot 2 of the constellation. The old craft moves to a backup role in the network once the fresh GPS 2F-11 enters service.<\/p>\n

The satellite was flown to Florida on June 8 from Boeing\u2019s manufacturing facility in El Segundo, California. After arriving, it was taken to the Cape\u2019s Area 59 were GPS spacecraft undergo their pre-flight preps.<\/p>\n

Final testing, loading of hydrazine maneuvering propellant and encapsulation in the rocket\u2019s nose cone was accomplished with the satellite.<\/p>\n

Then, a convoy hauled the 3,400-pound satellite north through Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to United Launch Alliance\u2019s Vertical Integration Facility where the Atlas had been stacked beginning Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

Already shrouded in the launcher\u2019s 39-foot-tall, 14-foot-diameter aluminum nose cone, the spacecraft was hoisted atop the Centaur upper stage for attachment.<\/p>\n

This will be the 11th Block 2F satellite sent into the GPS network since 2010. Boeing in building a dozen spacecraft of this kind featuring greater accuracy, more signals, better anti-jamming and longer design lives than previous models.<\/p>\n

For Atlas 5, it is the rocket\u2019s third launch this month. It follows a commercial flight Oct. 2 and a national security mission Oct. 8.<\/p>\n

See earlier GPS 2F-11 coverage.<\/p>\n

Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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