USAF successfully launches 50th GPS satellite

The Air Force successfully launched the 50th Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, GPS IIR-11, aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 20. The three-stage rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 17B at 12:53 p.m. EST, according to Boeing. The spacecraft was deployed to a...

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