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Atlas 5 rocket boosts GPS satellite into space


Atlas 5 rocket boosts GPS satellite into space A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thundered into space Friday, boosting the 12th and final member in a series of upgraded Global Positioning System satellites into space, the eighth navigation beacon launched in less than two years. After overnight concerns about high winds, the Atlas 5, making the first of up to 15 flights planned by ULA in 2016, thundered to life at 8:38 a.m. EST (GMT-5) and majestically climbed away from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. With its Russian-built RD-180 first-stage engine generating more than 860,000 pounds of thrust, the 700,000-pound rocket quickly accelerated as it consumed its kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants, breaking through the sound barrier just 78 seconds after liftoff and arcing away to the east.   More



(Source: CBS News - Feb 6)

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