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GPS SVN 9
American GPS navigation satellite. GPS SVN 9 was launched on June 13, 1984 aboard a Atlas E/SGS-2 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1984-059ANORAD 15039United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS 9
- Common name
- GPS SVN 9
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 9
- Other names
- USA 1:U,Navstar 9
- International designator
- 1984-059A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15039
- GCAT identifier
- S15039
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/110
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS I
- Owner
- USAF SD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell/Seal Beach
- Platform (bus)
- GPS
Launch
- Date
- June 13, 1984 · 11:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-059Success
- Rocket
- Atlas E/SGS-2
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 20,009 km
- Apogee
- 20,354 km
- Inclination
- 62.54°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jun 20, 1994
- End of operations
- Jun 20, 1994
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 Q14174484 (CC0).