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USA-239
American GPS navigation satellite. USA-239 was launched on October 4, 2012 aboard a Delta 4M+(4,2) from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2012-053ANORAD 38833United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS IIF-3
- Common name
- USA-239
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 65
- Other names
- USA 239,Navstar 67,Arcturus
- International designator
- 2012-053A
- NORAD catalog number
- 38833
- GCAT identifier
- S38833
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/713
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS IIF
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- GPS IIF
Launch
- Date
- October 4, 2012 · 12:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-053Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4M+(4,2)
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 20,426 km
- Apogee
- 20,480 km
- Inclination
- 54.98°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,630 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 18.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14760428 (CC0).