LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Wed May 15 2013
United Launch Alliance

GPS IIF-4

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(9:38 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(9:38 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(9:38 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas V 401

Description:

An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.

Atlas V 401 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Navigation
  • GPS Block IIF, or GPS IIF is an interim class of GPS satellite, which will be used to keep the Navstar Global Positioning System operational until the GPS Block IIIA satellites become operational.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41