Delta II | GPS IIA-8

Launch information

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Mission description

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.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Delta II | GPS IIA-8’.

Launch image Delta II | GPS IIA-8

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Dec. 18, 1992, 10:16 p.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

GPS IIA-8 (MEO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Delta II

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 17B

Type

Navigation

Orbit

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Delta II | GPS IIA-8’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
22275 NAVSTAR 29 (USA 87) MEO 54.97 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Delta II | GPS IIA-8’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#3769

To this date

Location Launch

#466

To this date

Pad Launch

#95

To this date

Agency Launch

#920

To this date

Orbital Launch

#91

Year 1992

Location Launch

#17

Year 1992

Pad Launch

#7

Year 1992

Agency Launch

#17

Year 1992

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