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Delta II | GPS IIR-8

GPS IIR-8

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Launch Details

Date: 29 Jan 2003, 06:06 pm 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

USA-166, also known as GPS IIR-8 and GPS SVN-56, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the eighth Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched, out of thirteen in the original configuration, and twenty one overall.