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1978 · United States Air Force

Navstar 1

successAtlas F/SVS | Navstar 1

First generation GPS satellite

Overview

Date / time: February 22, 1978 at 11:44 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 3E
Mission: Navstar 1
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

NAVSTAR 1 (OPS 5111)