1997 · United States Air Force
GPS IIR-1
failureDelta II | GPS IIR-1
GPS-2R (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2R (Navigation System using Timing And Ranging) are the third evolution stage of the second generation of the GPS satellites.
Overview
- Date / time
- January 17, 1997 at 04:28 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Mission
- GPS IIR-1
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit