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![A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched a new GPS satellite for the U.S. Air Force Friday (May 16).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UZWd3JSZc8mKQvwzM35oYj-320-80.jpeg)
Lift-Off! Air Force Launches New GPS Satellite to Space
By Spaceflight Now Staff published
A replacement Global Positioning System spacecraft for the world's best-known satellite constellation ascended into orbit Friday night aboard a Delta 4 rocket in a spectacular sendoff at sunset.
![A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Air Force's DMSP-19 military weather satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on April 3, 2014.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mm7M4UZjoiAs4zv7MpquDZ-320-80.jpg)
US Air Force Launches New Weather Satellite Into Orbit
By Spaceflight Now Staff published
A new global weather observatory for the U.S. armed forces was lofted into orbit aboard its Atlas 5 booster rocket from California on Thursday to provide tactical forecasts to military operations.
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