USAF Technology Satellite Plays Tag With GPS Delta

In a novel game of space tag, a 70-lb., $100-million USAF technology satellite--looking more like a "Buick transmission" than a spacecraft--last week completed rendezvous and imaging exercises with the Delta II GPS stage that put it into orbit. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) XSS-10...

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