2000-040 |
Delta 7925-9.5 |
USA |
| Launch vehicle: | Delta 7925-9.5 |
| Launch vehicle ID: | D279 |
| Payload: | GPS IIR-5 |
| Launch date: | 16 Jul 2000 |
| Launch site: | CC, SLC-17A |
A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket today successfully placed the 29th Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into
orbit aboard a Delta rocket. Every GPS satellite launched to date has been carried into its nearly 10,900 mile elliptical
transfer orbit by Delta rockets (excluding the Block I satellites used during the research and development phase of the
GPS program)
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