1997 · United States Air Force

GPS IIR-2

successDelta II | GPS IIR-2

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: July 23, 1997 at 03:43 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission: GPS IIR-2
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Delta II 7925 →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

NAVSTAR 43 (USA 132)

MEO