Space surveillance craft launched by Delta IV

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Space surveillance craft launched by Delta 4 rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL -- A pair of covertly developed inspector satellites to monitor collision threats and nefarious activities in geosynchronous orbit for U.S. Strategic Command blasted off Monday aboard a Delta 4 rocket.

The Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, launched from Cape Canaveral at 7:28 p.m. EDT en route to operational orbits 22,300 miles above Earth.

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Delta IV AFSPC-4 Launch Highlights

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket successfully launched the AFSPC-4 mission for the U.S. Air Force on July 28 at 7:28 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-37. This is ULA’s eighth launch in 2014, and the 85th successful launch since the company was formed in December 2006. The twin Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) spacecraft will support U.S. Strategic Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network sensor.

Credit: United Launch Alliance

Source: United Launch Alliance - YouTube Channel

Edited August 2, 2014 by Waspie_Dwarf
corrected title.