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NTS 2

Success US Air Force, Atlas F/SVS

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First NAVSTAR GPS Phase I navigation satellite

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Rocket and boosterAtlas F/SVS
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Atlas F/SVS

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MissionNavigation · MEO

Navigation · MEO

What it put in orbit3 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
NTS 2 1977-053A Payload 20007 × 20376 km · 63.0° Globe
ATLAS F R/B 1977-053B Rocket body re-entered 2001-04-28
NTS 2 AKM 1977-053C Rocket body 18727 × 20992 km · 62.7° Globe

COSPAR ID 1977-053. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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