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17 August 2009, 10:35 UTC

GPS IIR-M-8 (USA-206)

Delta II 7925Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Drawing of the Delta II 7925 for GPS IIR-M-8 (USA-206)

Delta II 7925 launched the GPS IIR-21(M) navigation satellite, the eighth modernized Block IIR-M spacecraft, from Cape Canaveral's SLC-17A. It was the 48th and final Air Force GPS launch on Delta II, capping a program with a 98% success rate.

Outcome
Success
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth orbit
Payload to orbit
2 T
Flight
36th
of 36 Delta II 7925 flights
Date and time
17 August 2009, 10:35 UTC
Builder
ULA
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Payload
Navigation
International designator
2009-043
Launches in 2009
45th of 78

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