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Last of its kind rocket puts GPS satellite in orbit
« on: August 22, 2019, 07:35:52 pm »
Yahoo Finance by MARCIA DUNN 8/22/2019

A rocket that's the last of its kind delivered the newest, most powerful GPS satellite to orbit for the Air Force on Thursday.

United Launch Alliance's Delta IV medium-class rocket blasted into a hazy morning sky from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was a fitting swan song for the rocket. Company President Tory Bruno tweeted that the liftoff was "hot, straight and normal."

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