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USA-117

American navigation satellite used for GPS
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USA-117

Summary

USA-117 is a GPS satellite[1]. USA-117 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (gps_satellite category, ranking #11 of 68).[2]

Key Facts

  • USA-117 is in the country of United States[3].
  • USA-117's instance of is recorded as GPS satellite[4].
  • USA-117's operator is recorded as United States Air Force[5].
  • USA-117's manufacturer is recorded as Rockwell International[6].
  • USA-117's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1996-019A[7].
  • USA-117's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta II[8].
  • USA-117's SCN is recorded as 23833[9].
  • USA-117's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1996-03-28T00:00:00Z[10].
  • USA-117's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k8xp5q[11].
  • USA-117's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[12].
  • USA-117's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17[13].
  • USA-117's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "23833"][14].

Why It Matters

USA-117 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (gps_satellite category, ranking #11 of 68).[2]

Related Entities

Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17 Delta II GPS Block IIA GPS satellite United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). USA-117. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/usa-117
MLA “USA-117.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/usa-117.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_usa-117_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{USA-117}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/usa-117}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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