Wideband Global SATCOM Boosted Into Orbit Aboard A Delta IV Rocket
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket successfully launched the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 8:27 p.m. EDT Friday from Space Launch Complex-37. This mission launched just nine days after ULA successfully launched the GPS IIF-4 satellite Wednesday, May 15.