The Air Force and the 45th Space Wing supported the successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket that roared to life from Launch Complex 37, March 25, 2015, carrying the Air Force’s ninth Block IIF-09 navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System at 2:36 p.m. EDT.
This launch is the fourth ULA launch this year and the 95th launch since the company was formed in December 2006.
GPS IIF-09 launched aboard a Delta IV Medium-plus (4,2) Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, using a single ULA common booster core powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68 main engine, along with two ATK GEM 60 solid rocket motors.
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