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Video: Atlas 5 GPS 2F-8 Launch Highlights

October 30, 2014 Spaceflight Now

Video highlights of the 50th Atlas 5 flight. The United Launch Alliance rocket carried the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS 2F-8) satellite for the U.S. Air Force. Launch occurred on-time at 1:21 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s launch complex 41. Video: United Launch Alliance.

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  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    July 8, 2025
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