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Air Force, Boeing Successfully Launch New GPS-IIF Satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL -- The Air Force's third Global Positioning System IIF satellite was successfully launched Wednesday morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. The Boeing-built space vehicle was sent into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket booster at 8:10 a.m., the first minute of the day's launch window, and all data shows that the multiple Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle engines performed as planned, according to ULA.

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