SpaceX has launched the U.S. Air Forces most powerful GPS satellite ever built.
A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday, hoisting the satellite into orbit.
The satellite was supposed to soar Tuesday but rocket concerns and then weather delayed the flight.
Heather Wilson, secretary of the Air Force, says this next-generation GPS satellite is three times more accurate than previous versions and eight times better at anti-jamming. Its the first in a series and nicknamed Vespucci after the 15th-century Italian explorer who calculated Earths circumference to within 50 miles (80 kilometers).
It was SpaceXs 21st and final launch of the year, a company record.
(AP)
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