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Delta II | GPS IIR-13

GPS IIR-13

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 6 Nov 2004, 05:39 am UTC

Rocket: Delta II (Delta)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Navigation

Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

Launch delayed from September 22, October 8, 25 and 30, November 5. Fired its apogee motor at around 02:40 GMT on November 9 to transfer from its initial 159 x 20380 km x 39.1 deg transfer orbit to its operational orbit in the GPS constellation..