1999 · United States Air Force

GPS IIR-3

successDelta II | GPS IIR-3

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: October 7, 1999 at 12:51 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission: GPS IIR-3
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 46 (USA 145)

MEO