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GPS-III SV06
GPS III satellite. GPS-III SV06 was launched on January 18, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2023-009ANORAD 55268United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS III SV06
- Common name
- GPS-III SV06
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 79
- Other names
- USA 343:U,Navstar 82,Amelia Earhart
- International designator
- 2023-009A
- NORAD catalog number
- 55268
- GCAT identifier
- S55268
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1110
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS III
- Owner
- USSF SSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Denver), Astronautics Operations
- Platform (bus)
- A2100
Launch
- Date
- January 18, 2023 · 12:24 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-009Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 20,163 km
- Apogee
- 20,200 km
- Inclination
- 55.10°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,352 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 Q120208722 (CC0).