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An artist’s rendering of Lockheed Martin’s GPS III satellite in operation. Image Credit: Lockheed Martin The development of the most advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite ever built reached an important milestone within the last month. Lockheed Martin announced that the system module of its first next-generation GPS III satellite (Space Vehicle One, […] A Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) booster launches the GPS IIF-6 mission in May 2014. A similar vehicle will deliver GPS IIF-9, later this week. Photo Credit: Alan Walters/AmericaSpace After three successful flights in as many months—the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)-3 and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellites, both in January, and most […] Artist’s impression of a Block IIF GPS satellite in orbit. Image Credit: U.S. Air Force Adding to an already impressive tally of accolades, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is ready to stage its 12th flight of the year, delivering the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-8 satellite into a medium orbit, some 11,047 nautical miles […] Stunning perspective of the Atlas V launch, carrying the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-7 satellite into orbit. Photo Credit: John Studwell/AmericaSpace In stark contrast to the primarily weather-related delays which plagued its predecessor, the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-4 mission, United Launch Alliance (ULA) scored an impressive, on-time liftoff of its ninth flight […] The seventh Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF satellite, encapsulated within its payload fairing, is presently scheduled to rocket into orbit Friday night. Photo Credit: ULA With eight successful launches under its belt so far in 2014, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is set to attempt a ninth on Friday, 1 August, with the […] Artist’s impression of a Block IIF GPS satellite in orbit. Image Credit: U.S. Air Force For the second time in 2014, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is primed to fly its venerable Delta IV on a mission to deliver another member of the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF “constellation” of satellites into a medium […] The 25th Delta IV mission lights up the Florida sky with the GPS IIF-5 satellite. Photo Credit: John Studwell Four months later than planned, United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully returned its workhorse Delta IV vehicle to operational service yesterday (Thursday, 20 February), with the rousing 8:59 p.m. EST liftoff of a key mission […] A Delta IV Medium+ 4,2 vehicle—with a 13-foot (four-meter) payload fairing and two Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM)-60s—roars toward orbit with GPS IIF-3 in October 2012. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / Zero-G News Four months later than planned, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is ready to fly its venerable Delta IV for the 25th time […] Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing to launch an Atlas V 551 rocket with the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System 2 (MUOS-2) satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) in Florida. Liftoff is currently set to take […] |
 Next Launch NG-11 on a Antares 230 rocket from Wallops Island, VA scheduled for: 17 Apr 19 at 20:46 GMT 17 Apr 19 at 4:46pm Eastern 
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