Delta II | GPS IIR-15(M)

Delta II | GPS IIR-15(M)

Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

T?

--

Days

:

--

Hours

:

--

Mins

:

--

Secs

Date Loading...
Trajectory

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.

Website

GPS IIR-15(M)

The GPS-IIR replenishment satellites are produced by General Electric Astrospace (later Martin Marietta and Lockheed Missiles & Space) under a contract issued in 1989, which included 21 satellites based on the commercial AS-4000 bus. These provided improved navigation accuracy and longer autonomous satellite operation than earlier model GPS satellites. The satellites were three-axis stabilized and operated at downlink frequencies of 1572.42 MHz and 1227.6 MHz (L-Band) and 2227.5 MHz (S-Band). Lockheed was responsible for launch and flight operations support of the GPS-IIR through 2006.

info More Information

Delta II 7925-9.5


Height 38.90 Meters

Max Stages 3

Mass To GTO 1840 kg

Liftoff Thrust 0 kN

Diameter 2.40 Meters

Mass To LEO 0 kg

Liftoff Mass 232 Tonnes


Launch Success 25

Consecutive Success 25

Maiden Flight 1998-01-10

Launch Failures 0


Wiki

Programs

Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

See More News