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Atlas 5/GPS 2F-10 launch timeline
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-10 navigation satellite.
Photos: GPS 2F-10 readied for launch
This collection of photographs shows the Air Force's Global Positioning System 2F-10 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the Atlas 5 nose cone and hoisted atop the rocket for launch July 15.
Air Force communications satellite joined to Delta 4 for July 22 launch
For the second time this week, United Launch Alliance has delivered an Air Force payload to one of its Cape Canaveral pads for liftoff in July.
Next GPS satellite moves closer to launch date
Joining the payload with its ride to space, United Launch Alliance crews today placed the next Global Positioning System satellite atop an Atlas 5 rocket for blastoff July 15.
Preps begin for summer’s third planned military space launch
Tucked inside a shipping crate aboard an Air Force C-5 transport aircraft, the Navy's next mobile communications satellite has flown from California to Florida in preparation for liftoff this summer.
Stacking of 55th Atlas 5 rocket starts
Beginning its fourth launch campaign of the year, the Atlas 5 rocket program has started stacking the vehicle that will boost a satellite 11,000 miles high for the Global Positioning System.
Launch campaign underway for next Air Force Delta 4 rocket
With the Delta 4 rocket now waiting on the launch pad, its Air Force Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite payload has jetted from the Los Angeles factory to the Cape Canaveral in preparation for liftoff this summer.
X-37B spaceplane’s orbit discovered
Hobbyists who keep track of the skies with remarkable precision have found the U.S. Air Force's mini space shuttle in its no-longer-secret orbit around the Earth.
VideoVideo: Fourth X-37B launch highlights
This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Atlas 5 rocket carrying the fourth mission of the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane.
Photos: Pad cameras capture Atlas 5 launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane lifts off at 11:05 a.m. EDT from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.