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1991 · United States Air Force

GPS IIA-2

successDelta II | GPS IIA-2

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 4, 1991 at 02:32 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission
GPS IIA-2
Mission type
Navigation
Orbit achieved
Medium Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Delta II 7925 →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 2

LOSAT X
LEO
NAVSTAR 23 (USA 71)
GPS · MEO