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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with navigation satellite

October 28, 2014 Spaceflight Now

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:21 p.m. EDT (1721 GMT) with a satellite to replenish the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System navigation network.

Atlas 5 rocket rolled to Cape Canaveral launch pad

October 28, 2014 Spaceflight Now

An Atlas 5 rocket has been rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral for blastoff to deploy a replacement satellite to strengthen the Global Positioning System for U.S. military forces and the worldwide economy.

Atlas 5/GPS 2F-8 launch timeline

October 27, 2014 Spaceflight Now

Atlas 5 to fly Wednesday, continuing rapid deployment of GPS satellites

October 25, 2014 Justin Ray

Launching new Global Positioning System navigation satellites at a rate not seen in 21 years, this year’s fourth such deployment is coming up at midday Wednesday, Oct. 29 by an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

GPS modernization continues with quick pace of launches

October 13, 2014 Stephen Clark

A new satellite launched Aug. 1 has joined the U.S. Air Force’s GPS navigation network to help guide everything from bombs to road trippers to their destinations, with final preparations on track to send up another GPS spacecraft at the end of October.

Mysterious satellite launched from Florida by Atlas 5 rocket

September 16, 2014 Stephen Clark

Rocketing through gloomy skies with a payload clouded in a veil of secrecy, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired away from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday to deploy a satellite thousands of miles above Earth.