Delta II 6925 launched the GPS Block II SVN-18 navigation satellite (USA-50) from Cape Canaveral into medium Earth orbit, filling Plane D Slot 3 of the growing Navstar GPS constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.7 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 13 Delta II 6925 flights
- Date and time
- 24 January 1990, 22:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 6925
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1990-008
- Launches in 1990
- 8th of 121
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