[GeoStL] GPS Satellite Launch
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 01:02:06 -0500
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Rocket launch honors September 11 victims
By Richard Stenger
CNN
Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Posted: 2:32 PM EST (1932 GMT)
(CNN) -- A military satellite roared into orbit on Wednesday, ferried atop a
booster rocket that carried a phrase in tribute to victims of one of the
September 11 terror attacks.
The Delta 2 rocket, which launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida, had "Let's Roll!" written on the nose cone.
Todd Beamer spoke the words, overheard on a cell phone, moments before he and
other airplane passengers charged terrorists who had taken control of Flight
93, which crashed in western Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
The U.S. Air Force has placed the phrase on various military aircraft to
recognize the heroes and victims of the 2001 attacks.
The Boeing-built rocket launch was to place a 2.3-ton global positioning system
(GPS) satellite into orbit. The satellite will join a constellation of GPS
orbiters that help guide high-tech weapons.
The GPS spacecraft also provide navigation and positioning information for
civilian use worldwide.
The $130 million mission was also to deploy an XSS-10 satellite, an
experimental Air Force spacecraft that weighs only 62 pounds (23 kg).
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