GPS · Navigation
GPS BIIF-11 (PRN 10)
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GPS BIIF-11 (PRN 10) is a DoD/US Air Force navigation satellite, part of the GPS constellation, launched on October 31, 2015 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 31, 2015 at 04:13 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- GPS IIF-11
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 20,478 km
- Periapsis
- 19,885 km
- Inclination
- 56.95°
- Orbital period
- 717.96 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- DoD/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,630 kg
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Detailed purpose
- Navigation
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-062A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41019
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- GPS
- Radar cross-section
- 15.9174 m²
- Status
- Operational
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