Names | Navstar 11 GPS I-11 GPS SVN-11 |
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Mission type | Navigation Technology |
Operator | U.S. Air Force |
COSPAR ID | 1985-093A [1] |
SATCAT no. | 16129 |
Mission duration | 5 years (planned) 8.5 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Navstar |
Spacecraft type | GPS Block I |
Manufacturer | Rockwell Space Systems[2] |
Launch mass | 758 kg (1,671 lb) [2] |
Dimensions | 5.3 meters of long |
Power | 400 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 October 1985, 02:53 UTC |
Rocket | Atlas E / SGS-2 (Atlas-55E) [3] |
Launch site | Vandenberg, SLC-3W[3] |
Contractor | Convair General Dynamics |
Entered service | 8 November 1985 |
End of mission | |
Deactivated | 14 April 1994 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Medium Earth orbit (Semi-synchronous) |
Perigee altitude | 19,829 km (12,321 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 20,532 km (12,758 mi) |
Inclination | 63.40° |
Period | 717.90 minutes |
USA-10, also known as Navstar 11, GPS I-11 and GPS SVN-11, was an American navigation satellite launched in 1985 as part of the Global Positioning System development programme. It was the last of eleven Block I GPS satellites to be launched.[2]