Boeing's Workhorse Delta II Delivers Another GPS Satellite to Orbit
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25, 2006 -- The reliable Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II launch vehicle, known as the workhorse of the launch industry in its payload class, successfully delivered to orbit earlier today a replenishment Block IIR Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force.
The Delta II rocket carrying the GPS IIR-15 (M) spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 2:50 p.m. EDT, Sept. 25. Following a nominal 68-minute flight, the rocket deployed the satellite to a transfer orbit.
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