Mission type Navigation COSPAR ID 2006-052A Mission duration 10 years (planned) Inclination 55° Period 12 hours Launch mass 2,032 kg | Operator US Air Force SATCAT no. 29601 Spacecraft type GPS Block IIRM Inclination 55° Launch mass 2,032 kg Launch date 17 November 2006 | |
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USA-192, also known as GPS IIR-16(M), GPS IIRM-3 and GPS SVN-58, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the third of eight Block IIRM satellites to be launched, and the sixteenth of twenty one Block IIR satellites overall. It was built by Lockheed Martin, using the AS-4000 satellite bus.
USA-192 was launched at 19:12:00 UTC on 17 November 2006, atop a Delta II carrier rocket, flight number D321, flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and placed USA-192 into a transfer orbit. The satellite raised itself into medium Earth orbit using a Star-37FM apogee motor.
By 17 January 2007, USA-192 was in an orbit with a perigee of 20,087 kilometres (12,481 mi), an apogee of 20,277 kilometres (12,600 mi), a period of 717.96 minutes, and 55 degrees of inclination to the equator. It is used to broadcast the PRN 12 signal, and operates in slot 4 of plane B of the GPS constellation. The satellite has a mass of 2,032 kilograms (4,480 lb), and a design life of 10 years. As of 2012 it remains in service.