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USA-135
Global Positioning System satellite. USA-135 was launched on November 6, 1997 aboard a Delta 7925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1997-067ANORAD 25030United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS IIA-19
- Common name
- USA-135
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 38
- Other names
- USA 135:U,Navstar 44
- International designator
- 1997-067A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25030
- GCAT identifier
- S25030
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/339
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS IIA
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing/Seal Beach
- Platform (bus)
- GPS IIA
Launch
- Date
- November 6, 1997 · 00:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-067Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 19,912 km
- Apogee
- 20,449 km
- Inclination
- 54.90°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 2006
- End of operations
- October 2014
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 Q7865652 (CC0).