Names | Navstar 2A-17 GPS IIA-17 GPS II-26 GPS SVN-40 |
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Mission type | Navigation |
Operator | U.S. Air Force |
COSPAR ID | 1996-041A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 23953 |
Mission duration | 7.5 years (planned) 19.5 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 | 16 July 1996, 00:50:00 UTC |
Rocket | Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta D237) |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-17A |
Entered service | 15 August 1996 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | 11 March 2016 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] |
Regime | Medium Earth orbit (Semi-synchronous) |
Slot | E3 (slot 3 plane E) |
Perigee altitude | 20,272 km (12,596 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 20,365 km (12,654 mi) |
Inclination | 55.03° |
Period | 723.60 minutes |
USA-126, also known as GPS IIA-17, GPS II-26 and GPS SVN-40, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the seventeenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched.