The end to a busy year for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) has seen the launch of their Delta II launch vehicle, carrying the GPS IIR-18 spacecraft into orbit for the United States Air Force, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Following a nominal 1 hour and 8 minute flight, the launch vehicle successfully deployed the GPS IIR-18(M) spacecraft, the fifth modernized NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block II R-M military navigation satellite.