USAF Launches WGS-4

The fourth Wideband Global Satcom military communications spacecraft is safely in its geostationary transfer orbit following a 7:38 p.m. EST launch from Space Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., Thursday.

The 7,600 lb. spacecraft, based on a Boeing 702 platform, was lifted into orbit on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV ...