USAF successfully launches GPS IIR-12 from Cape Canaveral

After scrubbing three previous launch attempts, the U.S. Air Force successfully deployed a replacement Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, GPS IIR-12, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:54 p.m. EDT June 23. Bad weather prompted launch officials to scrub launch attempts on June 19, 20...

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