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Gallery: Launch of GPS 2R-16
The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 17A at 2:12 p.m. carrying the GPS 2R-16 navigation satellite. Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for The Boeing Company
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VIDEO:
THE DELTA 2 ROCKET LIFTS OFF WITH GPS 2R-16 