launched fromUSA

USA-5

Name: USA-5
Start: 1984-09-08T21:41:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Success

SEP 08198421:41:00 UTC

Atlas E/F carried the tenth of eleven Block I GPS satellites, which raised itself into medium Earth orbit with a Star-27 apogee motor. Designed for five years, it stayed in service for about eleven.

LIFTOFF

SEP 08 1984

21:41:00 UTC

Success

launched from SLC-3W Vandenberg

aboard Atlas E/F-SGS-2 14E into MEO

Payload

USA-5 (GPS-10)

Navigation