Padside

Delta II | GPS IIR-1

United States Air Force · Delta II 7925 · Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

United States Air Force's 973rd launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,120th orbital launch attempt

January 17, 1997Add to calendar
Failure

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

Window: Jan 17, 16:28Jan 17, 16:28 UTC

Flight preview

GPS IIR-1

GPS-2R (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2R (Navigation System using Timing And Ranging) are the third evolution stage of the second generation of the GPS satellites.

Navigation · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Booster

No booster details available.

Watch

No webcast announced yet.

Pad — Space Launch Complex 17A

145 launches from this pad · 1,123 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Map of Space Launch Complex 17AOpen in maps