Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)

GPS IIA-16

Success US Air Force, Delta II 7925

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Mission

Navigation · MEO

GPS-2A (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2A (Navigation System using Timing And ranging) are improved satellites of the second generation of the GPS navigation system.

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbit
NAVSTAR 37 (USA 117) 1996-019A Payload 20696 × 20745 km · 52.7° Globe
DELTA 2 R/B(1) 1996-019B Rocket body re-entered 2000-04-28
DELTA 2 R/B(2) [PAM-D] 1996-019C Rocket body re-entered 2001-09-29

COSPAR ID 1996-019. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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