1996 · United States Air Force

GPS IIA-18

successDelta II | GPS IIA-18

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: September 12, 1996 at 08:49 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission: GPS IIA-18
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Delta II 7925 →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

NAVSTAR 39 (USA 128)

GPS · MEO