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USA-126
American navigation satellite used for GPS. USA-126 was launched on July 16, 1996 aboard a Delta 7925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1996-041ANORAD 23953United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS IIA-17
- Common name
- USA-126
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 40
- Other names
- USA 126,Navstar 38
- International designator
- 1996-041A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23953
- GCAT identifier
- S23953
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/322
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS IIA
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell/Seal Beach
- Platform (bus)
- GPS IIA
Launch
- Date
- July 16, 1996 · 00:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-041Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 20,134 km
- Apogee
- 20,227 km
- Inclination
- 55.04°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 2015
- End of operations
- Jul 16, 2015
Size
- Mass
- 860 kg
- Dry mass
- 860 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,881 kg
- Length
- 2.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 5.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7865649 (CC0).