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Air Force Poised To Launch GPS Satellite Into Orbit Today

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Thursday, December 20th, 2007

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The Air Force expects to launch today a new Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation satellite into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket fired from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The new satellite, designated GPS IIR-18(M), will be the fifth modernized Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built GPS Block IIR-M satellite to be placed into space. It will replace a decommissioned GPS satellite of an earlier configuration in the 31-satellite on-orbit constellation. The launch window opens at 2:59 p.m.…

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