United States Air Force
GPS 8
Atlas E/SGS-2
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, July 14, 1983 · 10:21 UTC
Mission
/01First generation GPS satellite
Mission Type
Navigation
Orbit
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Atlas E/SGS-2
Variant: E/SGS-2
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 3W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.644° N, 120.593° W
63
Pad Launches
506
Location Launches
808
Agency Launches
73
Orbital This Year