USA-242

Summary

USA-242 is a GPS satellite^[1]. USA-242 ranks in the top 7% of gps_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• USA-242 is in the country of United States^[3].
• USA-242's image is recorded as Navstar-2F.jpg^[4].
• USA-242's instance of is recorded as GPS satellite^[5].
• USA-242's operator is recorded as United States Air Force^[6].
• USA-242's manufacturer is recorded as Boeing^[7].
• USA-242's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2013-023A^[8].
• USA-242's part of is recorded as Global Positioning System^[9].
• USA-242's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas V 401^[10].
• USA-242's SCN is recorded as 39166^[11].
• USA-242's type of orbit is recorded as medium Earth orbit^[12].
• USA-242's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2013-05-15T00:00:00Z^[13].
• USA-242's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0vpstrd^[14].
• USA-242's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[15].
• USA-242's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41^[16].
• USA-242's BabelNet ID is recorded as 15441159n^[17].
• USA-242's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "39166"]^[18].

Why It Matters

USA-242 ranks in the top 7% of gps_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] USA-242 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]