MISSION NAME
GPS IIF-4 242
Status
Success
DATE
15 MAY 2013
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United Launch Alliance
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Description
GPS Block IIF, or GPS IIF is an interim class of GPS satellite, which will be used to keep the Navstar Global Positioning System operational until the GPS Block IIIA satellites become operational.
Atlas V 401
Rocket Description
An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.