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GPS SVN 5

American GPS navigation satellite. GPS SVN 5 was launched on February 9, 1980 aboard a Atlas F/SVS from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1980-011ANORAD 11690United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Navstar 5
Common name
GPS SVN 5
Payload designation
Navstar GPS SVN 5
Other names
OPS 5117:C
International designator
1980-011A
NORAD catalog number
11690
GCAT identifier
S11690
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/037

Mission

Mission type
Navigation
Use
Defense
Program
GPS I
Owner
USAF SD
Country
United States
Builder
Rockwell/Seal Beach
Platform (bus)
GPS

Launch

Date
February 9, 1980 · 23:08 UTC
Launch record
1980-011Success
Spaceport
Vandenberg · pad SLC3E

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
MEO
Perigee
20,144 km
Apogee
20,219 km
Inclination
63.22°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
May 11, 1984
End of operations
May 11, 1984

Size

Mass
431 kg
Dry mass
431 kg
Total mass with attached objects
792 kg
Length
2.4 m
Diameter
2.60 m
Span
5.3 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7072864 (CC0).