ULA Atlas V Delivers Final GPS IIF Navigation Satellite to Orbit for USAF - Critical to Military/Civilian Users

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION - Despite howling winds and unseasonably frigid temperatures in the 'sunshine state', United Launch Alliance's workhorse Atlas V rocket successfully blasted off this morning, Friday, Feb 5, and delivered the final GPS satellite in the IIF series to orbit for the US Air Force. The ULA Atlas V carried the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-12 navigation satellite to orbit - thus completing the constellation of next generation GPS IIF satellites that are critical t...