Delta II | GPS IIR-10
Status: Success | Launched: Dec 21, 2003 08:05 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
- Rocket: Delta II 7925-9.5 — Delta family
Mission
The Boeing-built GPS IIF satellites provide improved signals to support both the warfighter and the growing civilian needs of the global economy
- Type: Navigation
- Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Program
- 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. (Wikipedia)
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