USAF Atlas F/SVS Navstar 3

Name: USAF Atlas F/SVS Navstar 3
Start: 1978-10-07T00:28:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 3E

Atlas F/SVS

Status

Success

Date

7 OCT 1978

00:28

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 3E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

First generation GPS satellite

Rocket

Atlas F/SVS

Mission Type

Navigation

Orbit

Medium Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Atlas E/F (or SB-1A) was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket built using parts of decommissioned SM-65 Atlas missiles. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.