United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches 36th Mission in 36 Months

CAPE CANAVERAL AFS, Fla., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching its 36th successful mission in 36 months, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket delivered the Air Force's third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-3) satellite into orbit at 8:47 p.m. EST, today. Launching from Space Launch Complex-37, WGS-3 joins the AF's two other WGS satellites, which both launched on ULA Atlas V vehicles on Oct. 10, 2007, and Apr. 3, 2009.

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