Delta II Places 50th GPS Satellite into Orbit

Photo by Carleton Bailie © The Boeing Company

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., March 20, 2004 — The 50th satellite launched for the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS IIR-11, was delivered to space today by a Boeing Delta II rocket. The three-stage configuration Delta II launch vehicle lifted off from Space Launch Complex 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 12:53 p.m. EST.