Photos: GPS 2F-11 readied for launch

October 29, 2015 Justin Ray

This collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 nose cone and hoisted atop the rocket for flight on Friday.

Encapsulation occurred at Cape Canaveral’s Area 59 processing facility for the GPS satellites on Oct. 16. Stacking atop the Atlas occurred Oct. 21 at the Vertical Integration Facility located at Complex 41.

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