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GPS Satellite Is Launched Into Space

Posted on: Monday, 25 September 2006, 15:00 CDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A Boeing Delta 2 rocket blasted off Monday, carrying another global positioning satellite into space.

The satellite should be operational 11,000 miles above Earth after about a month of tests. It will be used by the military and civilians to provide navigation and timing data.


Source: Associated Press/AP Online

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