Delta IV Orbits Final Defense Satellite Communications System

DSCS DEPLOYED The last of 14 U.S. Air Force DSCS III Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft (shown) lofted over the past 22 years was undergoing checkout in geosynchronous orbit after launch Aug. 29 from Cape Canaveral on the third Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. The EELV...

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