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GPS IIA-6

Success US Air Force, Delta II 7925

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

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
NAVSTAR 27 (USA 84) 1992-058A Payload 21345 × 21447 km · 54.7° Globe
DELTA 2 R/B(1) 1992-058B Rocket body 606 × 650 km · 19.8° Globe
DELTA 2 R/B(2) [PAM-D] 1992-058C Rocket body re-entered 1996-12-10
DELTA 2 DEB 1992-058D Debris re-entered 1994-12-10
DELTA 2 DEB 1992-058E Debris 239 × 7509 km · 34.8° Globe

COSPAR ID 1992-058 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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