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The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the first Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III satellite at 8:51 a.m. EST, Dec. 23 from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite, known as “Vespucci,” in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer for whom the Americas were named, was carried to orbit aboard a Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Falcon 9 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.
| Date Taken: | 12.23.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 01.17.2019 14:09 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 655029 |
| VIRIN: | 181223-D-AO618-783 |
| Filename: | DOD_106376448 |
| Length: | 00:03:10 |
| Location: | CAPE CANAVERAL AFS, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Downloads: | 68 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 68 |
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