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Air Force Set To Launch Second To Last GPS IIF Satellite

Air Force Set To Launch Second To Last GPS IIF Satellite
Artist’s illustration of the GPS IIF satellite. Photo: Boeing.

The U.S. Air Force is set to launch the 11th Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF series satellite (GPS IIF-11) on Friday.The Air Force and launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) plan to launch GPS IIF-11 from an Atlas V vehicle on Oct. 30 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.. The launch window opens at 12:17 p.m. EDT and will remain open for 19 minutes until 12:36 p.m., the Air Force said in a statement…

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