Spaceflight Now | Delta Launch Report | Gallery: Launch of GPS 2R-16

The Mission

		Rocket: Delta 2 (7925) Payload: GPS 2R-16 Date: Nov. 17, 2006 Window: 2:12-2:26 p.m. EST (1912-1926 GMT) Site: SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Satellite feed: AMC 1, Transponder 17, C-band, 103° West Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Ground track map Global Positioning System Delta 2 fact sheet Pre-launch flow Launch Complex 17 Archived Delta coverage

NewsAlert

		Sign up for our NewsAlert service and have the latest news in astronomy and space e-mailed direct to your desktop. Enter your e-mail address: Privacy note: your e-mail address will not be used for any other purpose.

Gallery: Launch of GPS 2R-16

The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 17A at 2:12 p.m. carrying the GPS 2R-16 navigation satellite.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for The Boeing Company

NEXT PHOTOS -->

Video coverage for subscribers only:
VIDEO: THE DELTA 2 ROCKET LIFTS OFF WITH GPS 2R-16 PLAY
VIDEO: WIDE-SCREEN LAUNCH MOVIE FROM PRESS SITE PLAY
VIDEO: WEDNESDAY'S PRE-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE PLAY
VIDEO: GPS SATELLITE ANIMATION PLAY
VIDEO: MOST RECENT GPS LAUNCH FROM SEPT. 25 PLAY
SUBSCRIBE NOW

Current Shuttle Mission Patch

Free shipping to U.S. addresses!

The official embroidered patch for shuttle Endeavour's flight to launch the Tranquility module and cupola to the space station now available in our store!

U.S. STORE

WORLDWIDE STORE

Ares 1-X Patch

The official embroidered patch for the Ares 1-X rocket test flight, is available for purchase.

U.S. STORE

WORLDWIDE STORE

Apollo Collage

This beautiful one piece set features the Apollo program emblem surrounded by the individual mission logos.

U.S. STORE

WORLDWIDE STORE

Project Orion

The Orion crew exploration vehicle is NASA's first new human spacecraft developed since the space shuttle a quarter-century earlier. The capsule is one of the key elements of returning astronauts to the Moon.

U.S. STORE

Fallen Heroes Patch Collection

The official patches from Apollo 1, the shuttle Challenger and Columbia crews are available in the store.

U.S. STORE

WORLDWIDE STORE

MISSION STATUS CENTER

INDEX | PLUS | NEWS ARCHIVE | LAUNCH SCHEDULE
ASTRONOMY NOW | STORE

ADVERTISE