USA-117
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USA-117, also known as GPS IIA-16, GPS II-25 and GPS SVN-33, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the sixteenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched.
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Names | Navstar 2A-16 GPS IIA-16 GPS II-25 GPS SVN-33 |
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Mission type | Navigation |
Operator | U.S. Air Force |
COSPAR ID | 1996-019A [1] |
SATCAT no. | 23833 |
Mission duration | 7.5 years (planned) 18.25 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | GPS IIA |
Spacecraft type | GPS Block IIA[2] |
Manufacturer | Rockwell International |
Launch mass | 840 kg (1,850 lb) |
Dimensions | 5.3 m (17 ft) of long |
Power | 710 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 March 1996, 00:21:00 UTC |
Rocket | Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta D234) |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-17B |
Contractor | McDonnell Douglas |
Entered service | 27 April 1996 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | 2 August 2014 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] |
Regime | Medium Earth orbit (Semi-synchronous) |
Slot | C2 (slot 2 plane C) |
Perigee altitude | 20,078 km (12,476 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 20,282 km (12,603 mi) |
Inclination | 54.70° |
Period | 718.00 minutes |
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