Delta II with satellite payload launched

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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AFPN) --  A joint government-industry team successfully launched the Micro-satellite Technology Experiment from here on Wednesday, June 21. The experiment is designed to support and enhance future U.S. space missions.

MiTEx is a joint technology demonstration mission for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. The MiTEx mission will identify, integrate, test and evaluate small satellite technologies. It was launched aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket.

The Delta II launch vehicle included an additional upper stage provided by the Naval Research Laboratory to boost the payload from geo-synchronous transfer orbit into a full geo-synchronous orbit.