Names | Navstar 2A-13 GPS IIA-13 GPS II-22 GPS SVN-35 |
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Mission type | Navigation |
Operator | US Air Force |
COSPAR ID | 1993-054A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 22779 |
Mission duration | 7.5 years (planned) 22.66 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 August 1993, 12:38:00 UTC |
Rocket | Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta D222) |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-17B |
Entered service | 1 October 1993 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | 10 June 2016 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] |
Regime | Medium Earth orbit (Semi-synchronous) |
Slot | B4 (slot 4 plane B) |
Perigee altitude | 20,074 km (12,473 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 20,221 km (12,565 mi) |
Inclination | 54.9° |
Period | 716.0 minutes |
USA-94, also known as GPS IIA-13, GPS II-22 and GPS SVN-35, was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System. It was the thirteenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched.