Latest GPS Satellite in Orbit Following Morning Launch

Controllers are checking out GPS IIR‑20, the U.S. Air Force’s latest Global Positioning System satellite, following its early morning liftoff Mar. 24 on a United Launch Alliance Delta II from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. The seventh of eight modernized spacecraft in the GPS Block IIR-M series built by...

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