GPS · Navigation
GPS BIIRM-2 (PRN 31)
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GPS BIIRM-2 (PRN 31) is a DoD/US Air Force navigation satellite, part of the GPS constellation, launched on September 25, 2006 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 25, 2006 at 06:50 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7925-9.5 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- GPS IIR-15(M)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 20,465 km
- Periapsis
- 19,899 km
- Inclination
- 54.71°
- Orbital period
- 717.95 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- DoD/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,032 kg
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Navigation
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-042A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29486
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- GPS
- Radar cross-section
- 11.7863 m²
- Status
- Operational
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