GPS · Navigation
GPS BIIF-9 (PRN 26)
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GPS BIIF-9 (PRN 26) is a DoD/US Air Force navigation satellite, part of the GPS constellation, launched on March 25, 2015 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 25, 2015 at 06:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta IV M+(4,2) →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- GPS IIF-9 (USA-260)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 20,474 km
- Periapsis
- 19,893 km
- Inclination
- 53.17°
- Orbital period
- 718.02 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- DoD/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,630 kg
- Power
- 1,136 W
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Detailed purpose
- Navigation
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40534
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- GPS
- Radar cross-section
- 30.7354 m²
- Status
- Operational
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