Atlas E/SGS-2 | GPS 8

Launch information

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Mission description

First generation GPS satellite

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Atlas E/SGS-2 | GPS 8’.

Launch image Atlas E/SGS-2 | GPS 8

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: July 14, 1983, 10:21 a.m.

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

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

Mission

GPS 8 (MEO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Atlas E/SGS-2

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 3W

Type

Navigation

Orbit

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Atlas E/SGS-2 | GPS 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
14189 OPS 9794 (NAVSTAR 8) MEO 63.19 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Atlas E/SGS-2 | GPS 8’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#2709

To this date

Location Launch

#506

To this date

Pad Launch

#63

To this date

Agency Launch

#808

To this date

Orbital Launch

#73

Year 1983

Location Launch

#9

Year 1983

Pad Launch

#2

Year 1983

Agency Launch

#13

Year 1983

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