Spacecraft n°: |
USA satellite n°: |
Also called USA-35, Navstar 2-01 or Navstar-14
Launch data:
| Designation:
|
19802
/ 89013A
|
|
Launch
date
|
14
Feb 1989 - 18:30 UT |
| Launch site: | CC, LC-17a |
| Launch vehicle: |
Delta-6925 (D184) |
| Mission:
| Navigation
|
| Earth orbit on: |
|
Perigee/Apogee
|
20088/20274
km
|
|
Inclination
|
55.0°
|
|
Period
|
717.9
min
|
Spacecraft data:
| Prime contractor | |
| Operator | |
| Platform | |
| Mass at launch | 1667 kg |
| Dry Mass | kg |
| Basic shape | |
| Dimension (m) | |
| Solar array | |
| Stabilization | |
| DC power | |
| Design lifetime | |
End of life:
|
Out
of service
|
14
Apr 2000
|
|
Cause
|
Wheels
failure
|
Mission details:
- The fleet of Navstar Global Positioning
Satellites, when operational, will allow both military and civilian
users to determine their exact position to within a hundred metres anywhere
in the world. The satellites carry an accurate atomic clock whose rate is
corrected for the gravitational red shift predicted by General Relativity
to occur between the satellite altitude of 20000 km and the ground.
- The Delta II is a new USAF rocket and is an improved version of NASA's
Delta which has launched nearly 200 satellites over 30 years.
Ref: #7(JR003), #15, #102 - update: 09.03.08