launched fromUSA

USA-126

Name: USA-126
Start: 1996-07-16T00:50:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

JUL 16199600:50:00 UTC

Delta II launched GPS IIA-17, the 17th of 19 Block IIA satellites in the US Global Positioning System. It was deactivated on 11 March 2016 and moved to a graveyard orbit.

LIFTOFF

JUL 16 1996

00:50:00 UTC

Success

launched from LC-17A Canaveral

aboard Delta II 7925 Delta 237 into MEO

carrying 1,816 kg of payload

Payload

USA-126 (GPS IIA-17)

Navigation