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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
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American space launch system
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First of new class of GPS satellite, destroyed soon after launch in January 1997
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