U.S. Launches Satellite to Aid Desert Navigation
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Air Force launched a new, more powerful Delta rocket Monday carrying a $65-million Navstar navigation satellite that will help troops stay oriented in the Saudi Arabian desert.
Navstar will allow U.S. and allied troops in the Middle East to use telephone-size, hand-held receivers to determine their position within 35 feet in the nearly featureless desert of Saudi Arabia.
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