Posted: 03/01/2009
A Delta II rocket carrying the Air Force's GPS IIR-20(M) satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 4:34 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time March 24. Space systems operators with the 2nd and 19th Space Operations squadrons at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., took control of the new satellite 68 minutes after launch. (United Launch Alliance photo/Carleton Bailie)