2004 · United States Air Force

GPS IIR-12

successDelta II | GPS IIR-12

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: June 23, 2004 at 10:54 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Mission: GPS IIR-12
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Delta II 7925-9.5 →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

NAVSTAR 55 (USA 178)

MEO