Delta II launched USA-42 (GPS SVN-16, GPS II-3), the third Block II NAVSTAR GPS satellite, from Cape Canaveral into medium Earth orbit as part of the buildup of the operational Global Positioning System constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.7 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 13 Delta II 6925 flights
- Date and time
- 18 August 1989, 05:57 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 6925
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1989-064
- Launches in 1989
- 65th of 102
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