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USA-87
American navigation satellite. USA-87 was launched on December 18, 1992 aboard a Delta 7925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1992-089ANORAD 22275United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GPS IIA-8
- Common name
- USA-87
- Payload designation
- GPS SVN 29
- Other names
- USA 87,Navstar 29
- International designator
- 1992-089A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22275
- GCAT identifier
- S22275
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/267
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GPS IIA
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell/Seal Beach
- Platform (bus)
- GPS
Launch
- Date
- December 18, 1992 · 22:16 UTC
- Launch record
- 1992-089Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 20,037 km
- Apogee
- 20,326 km
- Inclination
- 54.77°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 2006
- End of operations
- Oct 23, 2007
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 Q7865711 (CC0).