1996 · United States Air Force

GPS IIA-16

successDelta II | GPS IIA-16

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: March 28, 1996 at 12:21 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Mission: GPS IIA-16
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Delta II 7925 →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

NAVSTAR 37 (USA 117)

GPS · MEO