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Air Force set to launch next-to-last GPS IIF satellite

A reverse angle view of the Atlas V 401 launch vehicle with GPS IIF-11 satellite aboard at Space Launch Complex-41 in anticipation of a Saturday afternoon launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch window opens Oct. 31 at 12:13 EDT (9:13 a.m. PDT). This is the second to last GPS IIF launch in a series of 12 spacecraft. The gray structure with white mast just to the left of the mobile launch platform is a lightning tower used to protect the launch vehicle and satellite from Florida's notorious thunderstorms and lightning strikes. (Photo courtesy United Launch Alliance).

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