GPS IIF-4 (USA-242)
Atlas V 401
United Launch Alliance
Mission
GPS IIF-4
Type: Navigation
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.
Location
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
853 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas V 401 – United Launch Alliance
Family: Atlas
Length: 58.3 m
Diameter: 3.8 m
Launch Mass: 590 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 9050 kg
The Atlas V 401 was manufactured by United Launch Alliance with the first launch on 2002-08-21. Atlas V 401 has 40 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 40 launches. An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.
Agency
United Launch Alliance
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: ULA
Administration: CEO: Tory Bruno
Founded: 2006
Launchers: Atlas | Delta IV | Vulcan
Spacecraft: CST-100 Starliner
Country: USA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
