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Last GPS Block IIR-M series satellite launched

Submit on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 05:59

Rocket: Delta II 7925-9.5; Payload: GPS IIR-21(M); Date: 17 August 2009, 1035 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Following a nominal 1 hour and 8 minute flight, the rocket deployed the spacecraft, the eighth (and last) modernised NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block II R-M military navigation satellite.
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