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Preview: New GPS navigation satellite heads into space this week

July 12, 2015 Justin Ray

The Global Positioning System, its precision navigation and timing services made possible by the U.S. Air Force and provided free-of-charge to the planet’s civilian population, is a marvel of the modern world, and the orbiting network will receive a fresh satellite Wednesday.

Atlas 5/GPS 2F-10 launch timeline

July 12, 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-10 navigation satellite.

Photos: GPS 2F-10 readied for launch

July 11, 2015 Justin Ray

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.

Next GPS satellite moves closer to launch date

July 6, 2015 Justin Ray

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.

Stacking of 55th Atlas 5 rocket starts

June 23, 2015 Justin Ray

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.

Newest GPS satellite goes into service

April 21, 2015 Justin Ray

The world’s population can now make full use of the latest Global Positioning System satellite launched from Cape Canaveral last month.

Chinese navigation system enters new phase with successful launch

March 30, 2015 Stephen Clark

China launched a new spacecraft into orbit Monday begin growing the country’s Beidou navigation system into a global service alongside satellite constellations from the United States, Russia and Europe.

Look back at Friday’s Soyuz launch from the Amazon

March 29, 2015 Stephen Clark

Two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation network lifted off at sunset Friday aboard a Soyuz rocket from a tropical launch pad at the edge of South America’s Amazon rainforest. Look back at the picturesque liftoff with a video replay and launch photos.

Indian navigation system gets expansion with PSLV launch

March 29, 2015 Stephen Clark

India’s indigenous space-based navigation network received its fourth satellite after a successful liftoff Saturday aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Two new satellites join Europe’s fledgling navigation network

March 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

A Soyuz rocket soared into orbit after firing off a launch pad in the Amazon jungle Friday, deploying two satellites nearly 15,000 miles above Earth to expand Europe’s Galileo system helping locate automobiles, airliners, and millions of other users around the world.