Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Navigation · MEO
The GPS-IIR replenishment satellites are produced by General Electric Astrospace (later Martin Marietta and Lockheed Missiles & Space) under a contract issued in 1989, which included 21 satellites based on the commercial AS-4000 bus. These provided improved navigation accuracy and longer autonomous…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAVSTAR 57 (USA 183) 2005-038A | Payload | 19841 × 20524 km · 54.8° | Globe |
| DELTA 2 R/B(1) 2005-038B | Rocket body | re-entered 2006-01-30 | |
| DELTA 2 R/B(2) [PAM-D] 2005-038C | Rocket body | 248 × 13716 km · 39.4° | Globe |
| DELTA 2 DEB 2005-038D | Debris | 255 × 18079 km · 39.5° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2005-038. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).