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USA-168
American navigation satellite. USA-168 was launched on March 31, 2003 aboard a Delta 7925-9.5 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-010ANORAD 27704United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS IIR-9
- Common name
- USA-168
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 45
- Other names
- USA 168:U,Navstar 52
- International designator
- 2003-010A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27704
- GCAT identifier
- S27704
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/428
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS IIR
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- Series 4000
Launch
- Date
- March 31, 2003 · 22:09 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-010Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925-9.5
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 20,063 km
- Apogee
- 20,433 km
- Inclination
- 54.96°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,077 kg
- Dry mass
- 910 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 2,032 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 19.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7865660 (CC0).