Carried GPS IIR-2 (USA-132) into medium Earth orbit for the U.S. Air Force, the first successful launch of the redesigned Block IIR GPS satellite after the January 1997 GPS IIR-1 failure destroyed its predecessor seconds after liftoff.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 33rd
- of 36 Delta II 7925 flights
- Date and time
- 23 July 1997, 03:43 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7925
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1997-035
- Launches in 1997
- 37th of 89
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