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1980 · United States Air Force

Navstar 6

successAtlas F/SVS | Navstar 6

First generation GPS satellite

Overview

Date / time: April 26, 1980 at 10:00 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 3E
Mission: Navstar 6
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

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Payloads deployed · 1

NAVSTAR 6 (OPS 5118)