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Air Force Set For Friday’s GPS IIF-7 Launch

Pat Host

Friday, August 1st, 2014

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Air Force Set For Friday’s GPS IIF-7 Launch

The NROL-33 launch took place on an Atlas V launch vehicle. Photo: Air Force.

The Air Force and launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) are set for Friday’s launch of its seventh Global Positioning System IIF-series satellite (GPS IIF-7). The launch window opens at 11:23 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff will take place on one of ULA’s Atlas V launch vehicles, powered by the Russian-made RD-180 first stage booster. GPS IIF-7 will join a worldwide position, timing and navigation (PNT) system utilizing 24 satellites in six different orbital planes,…

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