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Photos: New GPS navigation satellite powered from Earth

November 1, 2015 Justin Ray

A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation satellite.

Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance

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