5th Navigation Satellite to Be Placed in Orbit
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<i> Associated Press</i>
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Air Force announced Monday that it will launch the fifth of a new type of military navigation satellite Wednesday.
The $65-million Navstar satellite is to be carried aloft by a Delta 2 rocket to join a network of spacecraft that can tell American and allied military forces where they are to within 50 feet of any location, regardless of weather.
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