Satellites Launched
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Associated Press
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Two Navy navigation satellites were launched Monday aboard a Scout rocket, and authorities were waiting to see if the satellites would enter their assigned polar orbit.
The contrail from the launch was visible in the twilight sky over a wide area of Southern California.
The satellites, launched at 6:57 p.m., were to enter a 600-mile circular polar orbit, he said.
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