Atlas V GPS IIF 7 Launch Highlights

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the seventh Global Positioning System (GPS II7) satellite for the U. S. Air Force launched from Space Launch Complex41. This was the second successful ULA launch in just four days. GPS IIF7 is the seventh in a series of nextgeneration GPS satellites and will join a worldwide timing and navigation system utilizing 24 satellites in six different planes, with a minimum of four satellites per plane positioned in orbit approximately 11, 000 miles above th