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Boeing Delta II Boosts GPS System with Successful Satellite Deployment
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. March 31, 2003 -- A Boeing Delta II rocket successfully deployed a Global Positioning System, or GPS, satellite today for the U.S. Air Force.
GPS IIR-9 was launched aboard a Delta II launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
The rocket lifted off at 5:09 p.m. EST and the 68-minute mission ended with the successful delivery of the spacecraft to the targeted orbit.
Photo Credit: Boeing Photo - Carleton Bailie
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