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USA-66
American navigation satellite. USA-66 was launched on November 26, 1990 aboard a Delta 7925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1990-103ANORAD 20959United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS IIA-1
- Common name
- USA-66
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 23
- Other names
- USA 66:U,Navstar 22
- International designator
- 1990-103A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20959
- GCAT identifier
- S20959
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/258
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS IIA
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell/Seal Beach
- Platform (bus)
- GPS IIA
Launch
- Date
- November 26, 1990 · 21:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-103Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 20,072 km
- Apogee
- 20,293 km
- Inclination
- 54.91°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- June 2001
- End of operations
- February 2016
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 Q7865703 (CC0).