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Space Force launches weather sat to replace 1960s-era spacecraft

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Space Force on Thursday launched an operational weather satellite for the first time in a decade, as it upgrades a meteorological network that’s been in orbit for more than half a century. The Ball Aerospace-built satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base April 11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]