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Atlas 5/GPS 2F-11 launch timeline

October 25, 2015 Justin Ray

Follow the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad with the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 2F-11 navigation satellite. Launch is scheduled for Friday at 12:17 p.m. EDT (1617 GMT).

OTD…Oct. 23 and STS-120

October 23, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2007…Discovery launched Harmony as the gateway to future international science laboratories

Atlas 5 receives payload for third launch this month

October 22, 2015 Justin Ray

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 Wednesday.

OTD…Oct. 22 and STS-52

October 22, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1992…Columbia launched the LAGEOS-2 laser-reflection satellite

OTD…Oct. 20 and STS-73

October 20, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1995…Columbia launched on a microgravity science Spacelab flight

OTD…Oct. 18 and STS-34 and STS-58

October 18, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1989…Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter and in 1993…Columbia launched on a life sciences Spacelab flight

OTD…Oct. 15 and Cassini

October 15, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1997…Cassini was launched on its billion-mile trek to Saturn

OTD…Oct. 14 and Endeavour

October 14, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2012…Shuttle reaches retirement roost in sunny SoCal

OTD…Oct. 13 and Endeavour

October 13, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2012…Crowds cheer as Endeavour traverses though Los Angeles

Atlas 5 for third launch this month begins coming together

October 12, 2015 Justin Ray

With its liftoff just 18 days away to deploy a new Global Positioning System satellite, stacking of the next United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket began Monday at the vertical assembly building outside Complex 41.