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Rocket successfully launches from Cape Canaveral

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A Delta IV rocket successfully launched overnight from Cape Canaveral carrying two military satellites for the Air Force.

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According to NASA, the rocket carried two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites that will enhances geosynchronous orbit environment and enable space flight safety, including satellite collision avoidance.

Two GSSAP satellites were previously launched aboard a Delta IV rocket on July 28, 2014.