2014 · United Launch Alliance

GPS IIF-5

successDelta IV M+(4,2) | GPS IIF-5 (USA-248)

GPS Block IIF, or GPS IIF is an interim class of GPS satellite, which will be used to keep the Navstar Global Positioning System operational until the GPS Block IIIA satellites become operational. They are being built by Boeing, and will be operated by the United States Air Force following their launch by United Launch Alliance, using Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles.

Overview

Date / time: February 21, 2014 at 01:59 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 37B
Mission: GPS IIF-5
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Delta IV M+(4,2) →

Launch provider

United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 1

GPS BIIF-5 (PRN 30)

GPS · MEO