Delta II launched the USA-96 (GPS IIA-14, Navstar SVN-34) satellite from Cape Canaveral, expanding the Global Positioning System constellation; the satellite remained in service for over two decades before retiring in 2020.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 20th
- of 36 Delta II 7925 flights
- Date and time
- 26 October 1993, 17:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7925
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1993-068
- Launches in 1993
- 72nd of 83
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