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Atlas 5 rocket to fly Friday night with GPS satellite


Atlas 5 rocket to fly Friday night with GPS satellite Continuing a surge of GPS replacement launches, the third such mission since February is due for blastoff FridAn Atlas 5 rocket will carry the GPS 2F-7 bird directly into the navigation network following launch. The evening window runs from 11:23 to 11:41 p.m. EDT. "Everyone in the room I am going to guess has been touched by GPS today in one way or another," said Air Force Space Command leader William Shelton. "Your smartphone, financial transaction, high-speed network you may have used that uses GPS timing. It literally serves the world." ay night from Florida's eastern coast.    More



(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 31)

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