Atlas V launch of 70th USAF GPS Commemorates 20th Anniversary of the Famed Navigation System

Launch of the GPS 2F-10 from Playalinda Beach near Cape Canaveral. Photo Credit: Alan Walters/AmericaSpace

By Craig Covault

The July 15 launch from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 41 of the Air Force/Boeing GPS 2F-10 navigation spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401, marks the 20th anniversary of a fully operational GPS constellation.

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