Names | Navstar 2A-10 GPS IIA-10 GPS II-19 GPS SVN-31 |
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Mission type | Navigation |
Operator | U.S. Air Force |
COSPAR ID | 1993-017A [1] |
SATCAT no. | 22581 |
Mission duration | 7.5 years (planned) 12.5 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | GPS IIA |
Spacecraft type | GPS Block IIA[2] |
Manufacturer | Rockwell International |
Launch mass | 840 kg (1,850 lb) |
Dimensions | 5.3 m (17 ft) of long |
Power | 710 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 30 March 1993, 03:09:00 UTC |
Rocket | Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta D219) |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-17A |
Contractor | McDonnell Douglas |
Entered service | 2 May 1993 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | 24 October 2005 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] |
Regime | Medium Earth orbit (Semi-synchronous) |
Slot | C3 (slot 3 plane C) |
Perigee altitude | 20,076 km (12,475 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 20,287 km (12,606 mi) |
Inclination | 54.9° |
Period | 717.96 minutes |
USA-90, also known as GPS IIA-10, GPS II-19 and GPS SVN-31, was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System. It was the tenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched.