2001-004 |
Delta 7925-9.5 |
USA |
| Launch vehicle: | Delta 7925-9.5 |
| Launch vehicle ID: | D283 |
| Payload: | Navstar-2R 07 |
| Launch date: | 30 Jan 2001 |
| Launch site: | CC, SLC-17A |
A Boeing Delta II rocket fired up the night sky to launch a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational
satellite into space. Liftoff occurred at 2:55 a.m. EST. Twenty-five minutes later, the satellite was placed into an elliptical orbit almost 11,000 miles above the Earth.
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