A United Launch Alliance Delta IV lifts off with the Air Force GPS IIF-9 spacecraft. Photo Credit: Matthew Travis / Zero-G News
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Delta IV Hits The Mark With Another Successful GPS Launch

Piercing a thick layer of clouds that hung low over the lannch pad, A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on March 25, 2015 and successfully orbited the Global Positioning System GPS IIF-9 satellit efor the U.S. Air Force. Liftoff occurred on time at 2:36 p.m. EDT at the beginning […]

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Delta IV Launches Sixth Upgraded GPS Satellite

America’s newest Global Positioning System satellite is now in space following its successful launch Friday evening onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral A.F.S. Following a one-day delay due to storms associated with a passing cold front, blastoff of the 205 foot tall Delta IV Medium+ rocket, featuring twin solid rocket […]