DSP reaches orbit after second IUS burn; GPS goes on a Delta II tonight

The 20th Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite was in orbit and sending back state-of-health data yesterday after a Titan IVB/Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) stack placed it in geosynchronous orbit late Monday. The Boeing-built IUS completed its second and final burn late Monday, placing the early...

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