1996 · United States Air Force
GPS IIA-17
successDelta II | GPS IIA-17
GPS-2A (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2A (Navigation System using Timing And ranging) are improved satellites of the second generation of the GPS navigation system.
Overview
- Date / time
- July 16, 1996 at 12:50 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Mission
- GPS IIA-17
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit