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		Rocket: Delta 2 (7925) Payload: GPS 2R-19 Date: March 15, 2008 Window: 2:09-2:23 a.m. EDT (0609-0623 GMT) Site: SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Satellite feed: Galaxy 26, Transponder 9, C-band, 93° West Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Ground track map Delta 2 fact sheet The GPS system Pre-launch flow Launch Complex 17 Archived Delta coverage

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Delta 2 rocket launches the GPS 2R-19 satellite

A Delta 2 rocket lifts off at 2:10 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral's pad 17A carrying a modernized replacement satellite for the Global Positioning System.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for United Launch Alliance

Carleton Bailie for United Launch Alliance

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