{"id":16467,"date":"2015-03-18T18:52:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T10:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-next-gps-satellite-readied-for-launch\/"},"modified":"2015-03-18T18:52:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T10:52:47","slug":"photos-next-gps-satellite-readied-for-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-next-gps-satellite-readied-for-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Next GPS satellite readied for launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Air Force\u2019s ninth Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F satellite, GPS 2F-9, is encapsulated in the Delta 4 rocket\u2019s four-meter-diameter nose cone at a processing facility and then moved to the launch pad at Complex 37 for mating to its booster inside the mobile service tower.<\/p>\n<p>Launch is March 25 at 2:36 p.m. EDT (1836 GMT).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit: United Launch Alliance photos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4890\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/110-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/110-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/110-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/110-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/110.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4891\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/22-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/22-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/22-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/22-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/22.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4892\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/31-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/31-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/31-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/31-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/31.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4893\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/41-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/41-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/41-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/41-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/41.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4894\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/51-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/51-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/51-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/51-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/51.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4895\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/61-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/61-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/61-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/61-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4896\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/71-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/71-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/71-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/71-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/71.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4897\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/81-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/81-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/81-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/81-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/81.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4898\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/9-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4899\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4900\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/div_gpsiif9_m6312201564453PM63-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"div_gpsiif9_m6312201564453PM63\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/div_gpsiif9_m6312201564453PM63-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/div_gpsiif9_m6312201564453PM63-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/div_gpsiif9_m6312201564453PM63-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/div_gpsiif9_m6312201564453PM63.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Air Force\u2019s ninth Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F satellite, GPS 2F-9, is encapsulated in the Delta 4 rocket\u2019s four-meter-diameter nose cone at a processing facility and then moved to the launch pad at Complex 37 for mating to its booster inside the mobile service tower. Launch is March 25 at 2:36 p.m. EDT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[437,670,1962,4085,1688,2858,2015,4086],"class_list":["post-16467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-air-force","tag-boeing","tag-complex-37","tag-delta-371","tag-delta-4","tag-encapsulation","tag-gps","tag-gps-2f-9"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}