radioactivelight > Space Launch photo
radioactivelight > Space Launch photo
radioactivelight > Space Launch photo
radioactivelight > Atlas 5
April 3, 2009
8:32pm
A ULA Atlas 5 rocket to launched WGS-2 military satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
radioactivelight > A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 2 rocket launch of a new global positioning satellite - GPS 2R-20 - from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Launch was slated for 4:34 a.m. EDT (0834 GMT) on March 24 from Space Launch Complex 17A at the station.

Payload Description: GPS IIR-20M is the seventh modernized NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block II R-M military navigation satellite to launch. GPS is a space-based radio-positioning system nominally consisting of a minimum of 24-satellite constellation that provides navigation and timing information to military and civilian users worldwide.
Space Launch photo
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