GPS · Navigation
GPS BIIR-8 (PRN 16)
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GPS BIIR-8 (PRN 16) is a DoD/US Air Force navigation satellite, part of the GPS constellation, launched on January 29, 2003 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 29, 2003 at 06:06 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7925-9.5 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- GPS IIR-8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 20,575 km
- Periapsis
- 19,790 km
- Inclination
- 54.88°
- Orbital period
- 717.99 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- DoD/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,077 kg
- Dry mass
- 980 kg
- Power
- 1,136 W
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Navigation
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-005A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27663
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- GPS
- Radar cross-section
- 10 m²
- Status
- Operational
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