2019 · United Launch Alliance

GPS III SV02 "Magellan"

successDelta IV M+(4,2) | GPS III SV02

GPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites.

Overview

Date / time: August 22, 2019 at 01:06 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 37B
Mission: GPS III SV02 "Magellan"
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Delta IV M+(4,2) →

Launch provider

United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 1

GPS BIII-2 (PRN 18)

GPS · MEO