A Delta IV rocket lauches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Complex 37 carrying a United Launch Alliance Wideband Global Positioning satellite Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, as seen from the Ocean Club in Port Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Malcolm Denemark)
A Delta IV rocket lauches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Complex 37 carrying a United Launch Alliance Wideband Global Positioning satellite Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, as seen from the Ocean Club in Port Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Malcolm Denemark)
Members of the media photograph the liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. The rocket is carrying another satellite in the Wideband Global SATCOM series for the Department of Defense. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Bailey) NO SALES
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. The rocket is carrying another satellite in the Wideband Global SATCOM series for the Department of Defense. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Bailey) NO SALES
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ? The Air Force has sent into space a satellite that is expected to improve communications with military drones in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Officials say a Delta 4 rocket carried the WGS 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:38 p.m. Thursday.
It's the fourth in a series of military satellites that have been put into place since 2007. The next one is expected to be ready to launch next year.
WGS stands for Wideband Global SATCOM. The satellites are replacing aging Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft and have 10 times the speed and capacity of the older satellites.
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