2013 · United Launch Alliance

GPS IIF-4

successAtlas V 401 | GPS IIF-4 (USA-242)

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.

Overview

Date / time: May 15, 2013 at 09:38 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41
Mission: GPS IIF-4
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Atlas V 401 →

Launch provider

United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 1

GPS BIIF-4 (PRN 27)

GPS · MEO