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1983 · United States Air Force

GPS 8

successAtlas E/SGS-2 | GPS 8

First generation GPS satellite

Overview

Date / time: July 14, 1983 at 10:21 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 3W
Mission: GPS 8
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

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Payloads deployed · 1

NAVSTAR 8 (OPS 9794)