User:WDGraham/List of GPS satellites

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This is a history of satellite launches in support of the Global Positioning System constellation. Launch dates are UTC.

SVNs are "space vehicle numbers", the serial numbers assigned to each GPS satellite, and PRNs are the "pseudo-random noise" sequences, or Gold codes, that each satellite transmits to differentiate itself from other satellites in the active constellation.

Satellites[edit]

Satellite Launch (UTC) Carrier rocket Launch site Block SVN PRN Slot Retired Remarks
OPS 5111 22 February 1978
23:44
Atlas E/F SGS-1 VAFB SLC-3E I 1[1] 01 04 17 July 1985
OPS 5112 13 May 1978
10:34
Atlas E/F SGS-1 VAFB SLC-3E I 2[2] 02 07 February 1988
OPS 5113 7 October 1978
00:28
Atlas E/F SGS-1 VAFB SLC-3E I 3[3] 03 06 18 May 1992
OPS 5114 11 December 1978
03:59
Atlas E/F SGS-1 VAFB SLC-3E I 4[4] 04 08 May 1990
OPS 5117 9 February 1980
23:08
Atlas E/F SGS-1 VAFB SLC-3E I 5[5] 05 05 11 May 1984
OPS 5118 26 April 1980
22:00
Atlas E/F SGS-1 VAFB SLC-3E I 6[6] 06 09 6 March 1991
N/A
(Navstar 7)
19 December 1981
01:10
Atlas E/F SGS-1 VAFB SLC-3E I 7 07 N/A Failed to orbit
OPS 9794 14 July 1983
10:21
Atlas E/F SGS-2 VAFB SLC-3W I 8[7] 08 11 4 May 1993
USA-1 13 June 1984
11:37
Atlas E/F SGS-2 VAFB SLC-3W I 9[8] 09 13 20 June 1994
USA-5 8 September 1984
21:41
Atlas E/F SGS-2 VAFB SLC-3W I 10[9] 10 12 26 March 1996
USA-10 9 October 1985
02:53
Atlas E/F SGS-2 VAFB SLC-3W I 11[10] 11 03 14 April 1994
USA-35 14 February 1989
18:30:00
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A[11] II 1[12] 14 26 March 2000
USA-38 10 June 1989
22:30:00
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A[11] II 2[13] 13 B3 13 May 2004
USA-42 18 August 1989
05:57:59
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A[11] II 3[14] 16 13 October 2000
USA-47 21 October 1989
09:31:01
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A[11] II 4[15] 19 A5 11 September 2001
USA-49 11 December 1989
18:10:01
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17B[11] II 5[16] 17 D3 23 February 2005
USA-50 24 January 1990
22:55:01
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A[11] II 6[17] 18 18 August 2000
USA-54 26 March 1990
02:45:01
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A[11] II 7[18] 20 13 December 1996 Decommissioned after twice changing frequency without being commanded to
USA-63 2 August 1990
05:39:00
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A[11] II 8[19] 21 E2 27 January 2003
USA-64 1 October 1990
21:56:00
Delta II 6925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A[11] II 9[20] 15 D5 14 March 2007 Used only for testing from 17 November 2006 until retirement
USA-66 26 November 1990
21:39:01
Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 1[21] 23 32 E5 Operational[22]
USA-71 4 July 1991
02:32:00
Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 2[23] 24 24 D1 4 November 2011[24]
USA-79 23 February 1992
22:29:00
Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 3[25] 25 25 A2 18 December 2009[26]
USA-80 10 April 1992
03:20:00
Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17B IIA 4[27] 28 28 C2 15 August 1997 Retired early, replaced by USA-117
USA-83 7 July 1992
09:20:01
Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17B IIA 5[28] 26 26 F5 Operational
USA-84 9 September 1992
08:57:00
Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 6[29] 27 27 A4 6 October 2012[26]
USA-85 22 November 1992 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 7[30] 32 31
01
F4 17 March 2008 PRN changed from 31 to 01 in January 1993 due to receiver problems
USA-87 18 December 1992 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17B IIA 8[31] 29 29 F5 23 October 2007
USA-88 3 February 1993 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 9[32] 22 22 B1 6 August 2003
USA-90 29 March 1993 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 10[33] 31 31 C3 24 October 2005
USA-91 13 May 1993 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 11[34] 37 07 C4 20 December 2007
USA-92 26 June 1993 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 12[35] 39 09 A5 Operational
USA-94 30 August 1993 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17B IIA 13[36] 35 30 B5 Operational Re-set healthy on 16 August 2011 after being decommissioned on 1 March 2010.[26]
USA-96 28 October 1993 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17B IIA 14[37] 34 04 D4 Operational
USA-100 10 March 1994 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 15[38] 36 06 C6 Operational
USA-117 28 March 1996 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17B IIA 16[39] 33 03 C2 Operational
USA-126 16 July 1996 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 17[40] 40 10 E6 Operational
USA-128 12 September 1996 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 18[41] 30 30 B2 20 July 2011
N/A
(GPS IIR-1)
17 January 1997 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIR 1 42 N/A Failed to orbit
USA-132 23 July 1997 Delta II 7925-9.5[42] CCAFS LC-17A IIR 2 43 13 F3 Operational
USA-135 6 November 1997 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS LC-17A IIA 19[43] 38 08 A3 Operational
USA-145 7 October 1999 Delta II 7925-9.5[44] CCAFS SLC-17A IIR 3 46 11 D5 Operational
USA-150 11 May 2000 Delta II 7925-9.5[45] CCAFS SLC-17A IIR 4 51 20 E1 Operational
USA-151 16 July 2000 Delta II 7925-9.5[46] CCAFS SLC-17A IIR 5 44 28 B3 Operational
USA-154 11 October 2000 Delta II 7925-9.5[47] CCAFS SLC-17A IIR 6 41 14 F1 Operational
USA-156 30 January 2001 Delta II 7925-9.5[48] CCAFS SLC-17A IIR 7 54 18 E4 Operational
USA-166 29 January 2003 Delta II 7925-9.5[49] CCAFS SLC-17B IIR 8 56 16 B1 Operational
USA-168 31 March 2003 Delta II 7925-9.5[50] CCAFS SLC-17A IIR 9 45 21 D3 Operational
USA-175 21 December 2003 Delta II 7925-9.5[51] CCAFS SLC-17A IIR 10 47 22 E2 Operational
USA-177 20 March 2004 Delta II 7925-9.5[52] CCAFS SLC-17B IIR 11 59 19 C3 Operational
USA-178 23 June 2004 Delta II 7925-9.5[53] CCAFS SLC-17B IIR 12 60 23 F4 Operational
USA-180 6 November 2004 Delta II 7925-9.5[54] CCAFS SLC-17B IIR 13 61 02 D1 Operational
USA-183 26 September 2005 Delta II 7925-9.5[55] CCAFS SLC-17A IIRM 1 53 17 C4 Operational Also known as IIR-14; first to broadcast L2C signal.
USA-190 25 September 2006 Delta II 7925-9.5[56] CCAFS SLC-17A IIRM 2 52 31 A2 Operational Also known as IIR-15
USA-192 17 November 2006 Delta II 7925-9.5[57] CCAFS SLC-17A IIRM 3 58 12 B4 Operational Also known as IIR-16
USA-196 17 October 2007 Delta II 7925-9.5[58] CCAFS SLC-17A IIRM 4 55 15 F2 Operational Also known as IIR-17
USA-199 20 December 2007 Delta II 7925-9.5[59] CCAFS SLC-17A IIRM 5 57 29 C1 Operational Also known as IIR-18
USA-201 15 March 2008 Delta II 7925-9.5[60] CCAFS SLC-17A IIRM 6 48 07 A4 Operational Also known as IIR-19
USA-203 24 March 2009 Delta II 7925-9.5[61] CCAFS SLC-17A IIRM 7 49 01
27
Operational Also known as IIR-20; broadcasts demonstration L5 signal. Never entered service due to poor quality signal; decommissioned on 6 May 2011 but subsequently reactivated for testing. Broadcast PRN-01 before decommissioning, PRN-27 after reactivation[26]
USA-206 17 August 2009 Delta II 7925-9.5 CCAFS SLC-17A IIRM 8 50 05 E3 Operational Also known as IIR-21; L5 services disconnected from J2 port before launch. Final Delta II launch with a US Air Force payload.[62] Final launch from SLC-17A, final Delta II 7925.
USA-213 28 May 2010 Delta IV-M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B IIF 1 62 25 B2 Operational First to broadcast operational L5 signal.
USA-232 16 July 2011 Delta IV-M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B IIF 2 63 01 D2 Operational[26]
USA-239 4 October 2012 Delta IV-M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B IIF 3 65 24 A1 Operational[26]

Cross reference of PRNs to satellite blocks[edit]

The following table is for the purpose of making it possible to determine the block associated with a PRN by looking at one column in one table rather than having to search through all rows of three tables. Thus this table can be used to quickly and easily determine the number of satellites in orbit and health associated with each block.

Cross reference of PRNs to blocks
PRN 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Legend:
H = In orbit and healthy
U = Unhealthy and unusable
D = Decommissioned
T = Launched and undergoing testing
IIA H H H H H H H H H
IIR H H H H H H H H H H H H
IIR-M H H H H H U H H
IIF H H H

Planned launches[edit]

Block IIF[edit]

Date Rocket Type Serial no Launch site Satellite SVN Remarks
2013-05-15 Atlas V 401 CCAFS SLC-41 GPS IIF-4 64? [63]
2013-10-01 Delta IV M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B GPS IIF-5 66 [63]
2014 Delta IV M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B GPS IIF-6 67
2014 Atlas V 401 CCAFS SLC-41 GPS IIF-7 68
Unknown Atlas V 401 CCAFS SLC-41 GPS IIF-8 69
Unknown Delta IV M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B GPS IIF-9 70
Unknown Delta IV M+(4,2) CCAFS SLC-37B GPS IIF-10 71
Unknown TBD TBD CCAFS GPS IIF-11 72
Unknown TBD TBD CCAFS GPS IIF-12 73

Block IIIA[edit]

Date Rocket Type Serial no Launch site Satellite SVN Remarks
2014 TBD TBD CCAFS (TBD) GPS IIIA-1 74 [64]
2015 TBD TBD CCAFS (TBD) GPS IIIA-2 75 [64]
TBD TBD TBD CCAFS (TBD) GPS IIIA-3 76 [64]
TBD TBD TBD CCAFS (TBD) GPS IIIA-4 77 [64]

References[edit]

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