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GPS-III SV05
GPS III satellite. GPS-III SV05 was launched on June 17, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2021-054ANORAD 48859United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS III SV05
- Common name
- GPS-III SV05
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 78
- Other names
- USA 319:U,Navstar 81,Neil Armstrong
- International designator
- 2021-054A
- NORAD catalog number
- 48859
- GCAT identifier
- S48859
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1024
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS III
- Owner
- USSF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Denver), Astronautics Operations
- Platform (bus)
- A2100
Launch
- Date
- June 17, 2021 · 16:09 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-054Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 20,174 km
- Apogee
- 20,190 km
- Inclination
- 55.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,400 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,160 kg
- Length
- 3.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 14.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q120208728 (CC0).