On September 25, 2005, a Boeing Delta II launch vehicle successfully delivered the first of the modernized Block IIR Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites to space for the US Air Force. The Delta II rocket carrying the GPS IIR-14 (M) spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:37 PM EDT on September 25, 2005. following a nominal 24-minute flight, the rocket deployed the satellite to a transfer orbit.