1992 · United States Air Force

GPS IIA-3

successDelta II | GPS IIA-3

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: February 23, 1992 at 10:29 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Mission: GPS IIA-3
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Delta II 7925 →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

NAVSTAR 24 (USA 79)

GPS · MEO