Air Force successfully launches Global Positioning System satellite built by Lockheed Martin.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-11 May 2000-LOCKHEED MARTIN: Air Force successfully launches Global Positioning System satellite built by Lockheed Martin (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11052000 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR STATION, FL -- A Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, CA, was successfully launched yesterday evening from Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL.

This was the third successful launch of the new-generation replenishment spacecraft, designated GPS IIR. The Company will supply 17 more of these satellites to the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA, over the next five years. "We are proud to be partners with the Air Force in carrying on the outstanding...