Tag: GPS 3-2
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Final ‘single stick’ Delta 4-Medium rocket arrives at Florida launch pad
The core of United Launch Alliance’s final Delta 4-Medium rocket rolled out to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad May 28. Credit: United Launch Alliance Ground crews finished the initial build-up of the last “single stick” medium-lift variant of United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4 rocket on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral last week in…
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Falcon 9 rocket wins landmark U.S. Air Force launch contract
File photo of a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch a third-generation GPS navigation satellite for the U.S. military in 2018, the Air Force said Wednesday, breaking a monopoly held by United Launch Alliance since its formation nearly a decade ago. The second satellite in the Air…