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Boeing Delta IV puts in orbit an Usaf satellite

Cape Canaveral, Usa - It deals with Dscs program

It was a success the third launch operated from Boeing with its Delta IV carrier rocket, left few hours ago from Cape Canaveral; 42 minutes after the Dscs III B6 satellite was already in its transfer orbit. It's an other mission carried out for the Usaf (Us Air Force) within the frame of the Dscs (Defense Satellite Communications System) program; it deals with a system of 10 satellites that supply...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 52240
Rome, Italy, 09/01/2003 20:38
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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