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Air Force Successfully Launches GPS IIF-6

Pat Host

Monday, May 19th, 2014

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Air Force Successfully Launches GPS IIF-6

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., is part of the Air Force's plans to issue a new launch range infrastructure contract. Photo: ULA

The Air Force and launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the sixth Global Positioning System IIF (GPS IIF-6) satellite Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch was delayed a day due to weather. The launch vehicle was a Delta IV medium-plus configuration powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68 main engine, along with two ATK [ATK] GEM-60 solid rocket motors, according to a ULA statement. The upper stage was powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10B-2 engine.…

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