A U.S. AIR FORCE/BOEING

GPS 2A global positioning system spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral into a 10,993 X 100-naut.-mi. transfer orbit inclined 35 deg. on Nov. 5 by a Boeing Delta 2 booster. The launch marked the first ``all-Boeing'' space mission ever flown. The spacecraft's apogee kick motor is to place the...

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