List of GPS satellite launches

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This is a history of GPS satellite launches. Launch dates are UTC.

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[edit] Past launches

[edit] Block I

Date Rocket Type Serial-No. Launch site Satellite SVN PRN Outcome Remarks
1978-02-22 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3E NAVSTAR 1 [1] 01 Success First GPS launch
1978-05-13 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3E NAVSTAR 2 [2] 02 Success
1978-10-06 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3E NAVSTAR 3 [3] 03 Success
1978-12-10 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3E NAVSTAR 4 [4] 04 Success
1980-02-09 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3E NAVSTAR 5 [5] 05 Success
1980-04-26 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3E NAVSTAR 6 [6] 06 Success
1981-12-18 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3E NAVSTAR 7 07 Failure
1983-07-14 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3W NAVSTAR 8 [7] 08 Success
1984-06-13 Atlas E VAFB SLC-3W NAVSTAR 9 [8] 09 Success
1984-09-08 Atlas F VAFB SLC-3W NAVSTAR 10 [9] 10 Success
1985-10-09 Atlas E VAFB SLC-3W NAVSTAR 11 [10] 11 Success
NAVSTAR 12 12 Never launched

[edit] Block II

Date Rocket Type Serial-No. Launch site Satellite SVN PRN Outcome Remarks
1989-02-14 Delta II 6925 184 CCAFS LC-17A [11] NAVSTAR II-1 [12] 14 Success First Delta II launch
1989-06-10 Delta II 6925 185 CCAFS LC-17A NAVSTAR II-2 [13] 13 Success
1989-08-18 Delta II 6925 186 CCAFS LC-17A NAVSTAR II-3 [14] 16 Success
1989-10-21 Delta II 6925 188 CCAFS LC-17A NAVSTAR II-4 [15] 19 Success
1989-12-11 Delta II 6925 190 CCAFS LC-17B NAVSTAR II-5 [16] 17 Success
1990-01-24 Delta II 6925 191 CCAFS LC-17A NAVSTAR II-6 [17] 18 Success
1990-03-26 Delta II 6925 193 CCAFS LC-17A NAVSTAR II-7 [18] 20 Success
1990-08-02 Delta II 6925 197 CCAFS LC-17A NAVSTAR II-8 [19] 21 Success
1990-10-01 Delta II 6925 199 CCAFS LC-17A NAVSTAR II-9 [20] 15 Success

[edit] Block IIA

Date Rocket Type Serial-No. Launch site Satellite SVN PRN Outcome Remarks
1990-11-26 Delta II 7925 201 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-1 [21] 23 32 Success
1991-07-04 Delta II 7925 206 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-2 [22] 24 24 Success
1992-02-23 Delta II 7925 207 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-3 [23] 25 25 Success
1992-04-10 Delta II 7925 208 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-4 [24] 28 Success
1992-07-07 Delta II 7925 211 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-5 [25] 26 26 Success
1992-09-09 Delta II 7925 214 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-6 [26] 27 27 Success
1992-11-22 Delta II 7925 216 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-7 [27] 32 Success
1992-12-18 Delta II 7925 217 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-8 [28] 29 Success
1993-02-03 Delta II 7925 218 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-9 [29] 22 Success
1993-03-29 Delta II 7925 219 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-10 [30] 31 Success
1993-05-13 Delta II 7925 220 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-11 [31] 37 Success
1993-06-26 Delta II 7925 221 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-12 [32] 39 09 Success
1993-08-30 Delta II 7925 222 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-13 [33] 35 05 Success
1993-10-28 Delta II 7925 223 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-14 [34] 34 04 Success
1994-03-10 Delta II 7925 226 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-15 [35] 36 06 Success
1996-03-28 Delta II 7925 234 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-16 [36] 33 03 Success
1996-07-16 Delta II 7925A 237 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-17 [37] 40 10 Success
1996-09-12 Delta II 7925A 238 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIA-18 [38] 30 30 Success

[edit] Block IIR

Date Rocket Type Serial-No. Launch site Satellite SVN PRN Outcome Remarks
1997-01-17 Delta II 7925-9.5 241 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-1 42 Destroyed 13 s after liftoff
1997-07-23 Delta II 7925-9.5 245 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-2 [39] 43 13 Success
1999-10-07 Delta II 7925-9.5 275 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-3 [40] 46 11 Success
2000-05-11 Delta II 7925-9.5 278 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-4 [41] 51 20 Success
2000-07-16 Delta II 7925-9.5 279 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-5 [42] 44 28 Success
2000-11-10 Delta II 7925-9.5 281 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-6 [43] 41 14 Success
2001-01-30 Delta II 7925-9.5 283 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-7 [44] 54 18 Success
2003-01-29 Delta II 7925-9.5 295 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-8 [45] 56 16 Success
2003-03-31 Delta II 7925-9.5 297 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-9 [46] 45 21 Success
2003-12-21 Delta II 7925-9.5 302 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-10 [47] 47 22 Success
2004-03-20 Delta II 7925-9.5 303 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-11 [48] 59 19 Success
2004-06-23 Delta II 7925-9.5 305 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-12 [49] 60 23 Success
2004-11-06 Delta II 7925-9.5 308 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-13 [50] 61 02 Success

[edit] Block IIR-M

Date Rocket Type Serial-No. Launch site Satellite SVN PRN Outcome Remarks
2005-09-26 Delta II 7925-9.5 313 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-M-1 [51] 53 17 Success First to broadcast GPS modernization L2C signal.
2006-09-25 Delta II 7925-9.5 318 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-M-2 [52] 52 31 Success
2006-11-17 Delta II 7925-9.5 321 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-M-3 [53] 58 12 Success
2007-10-17 Delta II 7925-9.5 328 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-M-4 [54] 55 15 Success
2007-12-20 Delta II 7925-9.5 331 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-M-5 [55] 57 29 Success
2008-03-15 Delta II 7925-9.5 332 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-M-6 [56] 48 07 Success

[edit] Planned launches

[edit] Block IIR-M

Date Rocket Type Serial-No. Launch site Satellite Remarks
2008-06-30 Delta II 7925-9.5 338 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-M-7
TBD 2008 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17 GPS IIR-M-8

[edit] Block IIF

Date Rocket Type Serial-No. Launch site Satellite Remarks
2009 Atlas V 401 CCAFS LC-41 GPS IIF-1
2009 Delta IV Medium CCAFS LC-37B GPS IIF-2
TBD Atlas V 401 CCAFS LC-41 GPS IIF-3
TBD Atlas V 401 CCAFS LC-41 GPS IIF-4
2009 Delta IV Medium CCAFS LC-37B GPS IIF-5
TBD Atlas V 401 CCAFS LC-41 GPS IIF-6
TBD Atlas V 401 CCAFS LC-41 GPS IIF-7
TBD Atlas V 401 CCAFS LC-41 GPS IIF-8
2011 Delta IV Medium CCAFS LC-37B GPS IIF-9
2011 Delta IV Medium CCAFS LC-37B GPS IIF-10

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