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U.S. Navy Transit System


1)	Transit 1A	(Failure)	17 Sep 59
2)	Transit 1B	(Transit 1)	13 Apr 60
3)	Transit 2A	(Transit 2)	22 Jun 60
4)	Transit 3A	(Failure)	30 Nov 60
5)	Transit 3B	(Failure)	11 Feb 61
6)	Transit 4A	(Transit 3)	29 Jun 61
7)	Transit 4B	(Transit 4)	15 Nov 61
8)	Transit 5A1	(Transit 5)	19 Dec 62
9)	Transit 5A2	(Transit 6)	5 Apr 63
10)	Transit 5A3	(Transit 7)	16 Jun 63
11)	Transit 5BN1	Transit 5B-1	28 Sep 63
12)	Transit 5BN2	Transit 5B-2	5 Dec 63
13)	Transit 5BN3	(Transit 8)	21 Apr 64
14)	Transit 5C1	Transit 9	4 Jun 64
15)	Transit 5B-4	NNS O-1	6 Oct 64
16)	Transit 5B-5	NNS O-2	13 Dec 64
17)		NNS O-3	11 Mar 65
18)	Transit 5B-6	NNS O-4	24 Jun 65
19)	Transit 5B-7	NNS O-5	13 Aug 65
20)	Transit 10	NNS O-6	22 Dec 65
21)	Transit 11	NNS O-7	28 Jan 66
22)	Transit 12	NNS O-8	26 Mar 66
23)	Transit 13	NNS O-9	19 May 66


24)	Transit 14	NNS O-10	18 Aug 66
25)	Transit 15	NNS O-12	13 Apr 67
26)	Transit 16	NNS O-13	18 May 67
27)	Transit 17	NNS O-14	25 Sep 67
28)	Transit 18	NNS O-18	2 Mar 68
29)	Transit 19	NNS O-19	27 Aug 70
30)	TIP 1	Triad 1	2 Sep 72
31)	Transit O-20	NNS 20	30 Oct 73
32)	TIP 2	Triad 2	12 Oct75
33)	NNS O-15	P-76-5	22 May 76
34)	TIP 3	.	1 Sep 76
35)	NNS 21?	.	28 Oct 77
36)	NOVA I	.	15 Jun 81
37)	NOVA III	.	12 Nov 84
38)	NNS O-24	.	3 Aug 85
39)	NNS O-30	.	3 Aug 85
40)	NNS O-27	.	16 Sep 87
41)	NNS O-29	.	16 Sep 87
42)	NNS O-23	.	26 Apr 88
43)	NNS O-32	.	26 Apr 88
44)	NOVA II	.	16 Jun 88
45)	NNS O-25	.	27 Aug 88
46)	NNS O-31	.	27 Aug 88

NNS = Navy Navigation Satellite ; TIP = Transit Improvement Program

The Navstar Program

#	Name	Generation	Serial	GPS	Launch Date	Remarks
1)	Timation 1	R&D			31 May 67
2)	Timation 2	R&D			30 Sep 69
3)	NTS 1	R&D			14 Jul 74
4)	NTS 2	R&D			23 Jun 77
5)	Navstar 1 (NDS 1)	Block 1	Navstar SVN 1	GPS 1-1	22 Feb 78
6)	Navstar 2 (NDS 2)	Block 1	Navstar SVN 2	GPS 1-2	13 May 78
7)	Navstar 3	Block 1	Navstar SVN 3	GPS 1-3	6 Oct 78
8)	Navstar 4	Block 1	Navstar SVN 4	GPS 1-4	10 Dec 78
9)	Navstar 5	Block 1	Navstar SVN 5	GPS 1-5	9 Feb 80
10)	Navstar 6	Block 1	Navstar SVN 6	GPS 1-6	26 Apr 80
11)	Navstar 7	Block 1	Navstar SVN 7	GPS 1-7	19 Dec 81
12)	Navstar 8	Block 1	Navstar SVN 8	GPS 1-8	14 Jul 83
13)	Navstar 9 (USA 1)	Block 1	Navstar SVN 9	GPS 1-9	13 Jun 84
14)	Navstar 10 (USA 5)	Block 1	Navstar SVN 10	GPS 1-10	8 Sep 84
15)	Navstar 11 (USA 10)	Block II	Navstar SVN 11	GPS 1-11	9 Oct 85
16)	Navstar 2-01 (USA 35)	Block II	Navstar SVN 14	GPS 2-1	14 Feb 89
17)	Navstar 2-02 (USA 38)	Block II	Navstar SVN 13	GPS 2-2	10 Jun 89
18)	Navstar 2-03 (USA 42)	Block II	Navstar SVN 16	GPS 2-3	18 Aug 89
19)	Navstar 2-04 (USA 47)	Block II	Navstar SVN 19	GPS 2-4	31 Oct 89
20)	Navstar 2-05 (USA 49)	Block II	Navstar SVN 17	GPS 2-5	11 Dec 89
21)	Navstar 2-06 (USA 50)	Block II	Navstar SVN 18	GPS 2-6	24 Jan 90
22)	Navstar 2-07 (USA 54)	Block II	Navstar SVN 20	GPS 2-7	23 Mar 90
23)	Navstar 2-08 (USA 63)	Block II	Navstar SVN 21	GPS 2-8	2 Aug 90
24)	Navstar 2-09 (USA 64)	Block II	Navstar SVN 15	GPS 2-9	1 Oct 90
25)	Navstar 2A-01 (USA 66)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 23	GPS 2-10	26 Nov 90
26)	Navstar 2A-02 (USA 71)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 24	GPS 2-11	4 Jul 91
27)	Navstar 2A-03 (USA 79)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 25	GPS 2-12	23 Feb 92
28)	Navstar 2A-04 (USA 80)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 28	GPS 2-13	10 Apr 92
29)	Navstar 2A-05 (USA 83)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 26	GPS 2-14	7 Jul 92
30)	Navstar 2A-06 (USA 84)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 27	GPS 2-15	9 Sep 92
31)	Navstar 2A-07 (USA 85)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 32	GPS 2-16	22 Nov 92
32)	Navstar 2A-08 (USA 87)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 29	GPS 2-17	10 Dec 92
33)	Navstar 2A-09 (USA 88)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 22	GPS 2-18	3 Feb 93
34)	Navstar 2A-10 (USA 90)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 31	GPS 2-19	30 Mar 93
35)	Navstar 2A-11 (USA 91)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 37	GPS 2-20	13 May 93
36)	Navstar 2A-12 (USA 93)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 39	GPS 2-21	26 Jun 93
37)	Navstar 2A-13 (USA 94)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 35	GPS 2-22	30 Aug 93
38)	Navstar 2A-14 (USA 96)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 34	GPS 2-23	28 Oct 93
39)	Navstar 2A-15 (USA 100)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 36	GPS 2-24	10 Mar 94
40)	Navstar 2A-16 (USA 117)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 33	GPS 2-25	28 Mar 96
41)	Navstar 2A-17 (USA 126)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 40	GPS 2-26	16 Jul 96
42)	Navstar 2A-18 (USA 128)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 30	GPS 2-27	12 Sep 96
43)	n/a	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 42	GPS 2R-1	17 Jan 97
44)	Navstar 43 (USA 132)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 43	GPS 2R-2	23 Jul 97
45)	Navstar 38 (USA 135)	Block IIA	Navstar SVN 38	GPS 2A-28	6 Nov 97
46)	Navstar 46 (USA 145)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 46	GPS 2R-3	7 Oct 99
47)	Navstar 47 (USA 150)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 51	GPS 2R-4	11 May 00
48)	Navstar 48 (USA 151)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 44	GPS 2R-5	16 Jul 00
49)	Navstar 49 (USA 154)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 41	GPS 2R-6	10 Nov 00
50)	Navstar 50 (USA 156)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 54	GPS 2R-7	30 Jan 01
51)	Navstar 51 (USA 166)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 56	GPS 2R-8	29 Jan 03
52)	Navstar 52 (USA 168)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 45	GPS 2R-9	31 Mar 03
53)	Navstar 53 (USA 175)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 47	GPS 2R-10	21 Dec 03
54)	Navstar 54 (USA 177)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 59	GPS 2R-11	20 Mar 04
55)	Navstar 55 (USA 178)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 60	GPS 2R-12	23 Jun 04
56)	Navstar 56 (USA 180)	Block IIR	Navstar SVN 61	GPS 2R-13	6 Nov 04
57)	Navstar 57 (USA 183)	Block IIR-M1	Navstar SVN 57	GPS 2R-14	26 Sep 05
58)	Navstar 58 (USA 190)	Block IIR-M2	Navstar SVN 52	GPS 2R-15	25 Sep 06
59)	Navstar 59 (USA 192)	Block IIR-M3	Navstar SVN 58	GPS 2R-16	17 Nov 06
60)	Navstar 60 (USA 196)	Block IIR(M)-17	Navstar SVN 55	GPS 2R-17	17 Oct 07
61)	Navstar 61 (USA 199)	Block IIR-M5	Navstar SVN 57	GPS 2R-18	20 Dec 07
62)	Navstar 62 (USA 201)	Block IIR-M6	Navstar SVN 48	GPS IIR-19	15 Mar 08
63)	Navstar 63 (USA 203)	Block IIR-M	Navstar SVN 49	GPS IIR-20	24 Mar 09
64)	Navstar 64 (USA 206)	Block IIR-M	Navstar SVN-50	GPS IIR-21	17 Aug 09
65)	Navstar 65 (USA 213)	Block IIF SV-1	Navstar SVN-62	GPS IIF-2	28 May 10
66)	Navstar 66 (USA 232)	Block IIF SV-2	Navstar SVN-63	GPS 2A-11	16 Jul 11
67)	Navstar 67 (USA 239)	Block IIF SV-3	Navstar SVN-65	GPS 2F-3	4 Oct 12
68)	Navstar 68 (USA 242)	Block IIF SV-4	Navstar SVN-66	GPS 2F-4	15 May 13
69)	Navstar 69 (USA 248)	Block IIF SV-5	Navstar SVN-64	GPS 2F-5	20 Feb 14
70)	Navstar 70 (USA 251)	Block IIF SV-5	Navstar SVN-67	GPS 2F-6	17 May 14

. The Beidou System

Mission

Other Appellations

Launch

Orbit and comments

Beidou 1

Beidou 1A

30 Oct 00

•	Geostationary at 140° East longitude (Inclination: 2.6°)
•	Navigation technology satellite.

Beidou 2

Beidou 1B

20 Dec 00

•	Geostationary at 80°East longitude (Inclination: 0.0°)
•	Navigation technology satellite.

Beidou 3

Beidou 1C, Beidou 2A

24 May 03

•	Geostationary at 110° East longitude (Inclination: 0.3°)
•	Navigation technology satellite.

Beidou 4

Beidou 2A, Beidou 1D, Beidou G1 (“Fourth Beidou”)

2 Feb 07

•	Geostationary (Inclination: 6.2°)
•	Malfunctioned following deployment problems with its solar panels.

Beidou 5

Beidou M1, Beidou G1

13 Apr 07

•	Circular at 21,500 km x 55.3° x 12 hr.
•	First Beidou in a 12-hr., 55° inclination orbi.

Beidou 6

Compass G2

14 Apr 09

•	Geostarionary (inclination: 0.7°).
•	2nd of second generation operational Beidou satellites.

Beidou 7

Compass G1
Beidou DW3 (“Third orbiter”)

16 Jan 10

•	Geostarionary at 160° East longitude ((Inclination: 1.8°)

Beidou 8

Beidou G3
Beidou DW4 (“Fourth orbiter”)

2 Jun 10

•	Geostationary (Inclination: 1.8°)

Beidou 9

IGSO 1,
Beidou DW5 (“Fifth orbiter”)

31 Jul 10

•	Geosynchronous orbit inclined at 55.1°.
•	1st Beidou in inclined synchronous orbit.

Beidou 10

Beidou G4,
Beidou DW6 (“Sixth orbiter”)

31 Oct 10

•	Geostationary at 160° East longitude ((Inclination: 1.6°)

Beidou 11

IGSO 2, Compass I2
Beidou DW7 (“Seventh orbiter”)

17 Dec 10

•	Geosynchronous inclined at 55.2°.
•	2nd Beidou in inclined synchronous orbit.

Beidou 12

IGSO 3,
Beidou DW8 (“Eight orbiter”)

9 Apr 11

•	Geosynchronous inclined at 55.3°.
•	3rd Beidou in inclined synchronous orbit.
•	Beidou-2 second generation satellite.

Beidou 13

IGSO 4, Beidou 2-14
Beidou DW9 (“Ninth orbiter”)

28 Jul 11

•	Geosynchronous inclined at 55.2°.
•	4th Beidou in inclined synchronous orbit.

Beidou 14

IGSO 5,
Beidou DW10 (“Tenth orbiter”)

1 Dec 11

•	Geosynchronous inclined at 55.2°
•	5th Beidou in inclined synchronous orbit.

The Galileo System

#	Spacecraft		Launch	Remarkes
1)	Giove A	Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element	28 Dec 05	First member of a planned fleet of 30 European and wholly civilian-controlled Galileo satellites. The full Galileo fleet was expeced to be completed by 2010.
2)	GIOVE-B	Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element	26 Apr 08	Second of the test versions of the 30 craft European Union navigational fleet.
3)	Galileo IOV PFM	In-Orbit Validation	21 Oot 11	First two operational satellites of the European Union's Galileo navigation program.
4)	Galileo IOV FM2	In-Orbit Validation	21 Oot 11	First two operational satellites of the European Union's Galileo navigation program.
5)	Galileo IOV-3 / GSAT0103	In-Orbit Validation	12 Oct 12	Two validation satellite for theGalileo navigation network, setting the stage for further launches every six months over the next few years.
6)	Galileo IOV-4 / GSAT0104	In-Orbit Validation	12 Oct 12	Two validation satellite for theGalileo navigation network, setting the stage for further launches every six months over the next few years.
)	Galileo FOC	Full Operational Capability	2014
)	Galileo FOC	Full Operational Capability	2014

The Japanese System

#	Spacecraft		Launch	Remarks
1)	QZS 1 / Michibiki	Quazi-Zenith Satellite System	11 Sep 10	To demonstrate the QZS system before Japan commits to launching the other two spacecraft.

The Indian System

#	Spacecraft		Launch	Remarks
	GSAT-10		28 Sep 12
	IRNSS-1A	Indian Regional Naviga- tion Satellite System	1 Jul 13	Provides location information with accuracy of 20 meters or better
	IRNSS 1B	Indian Regional Naviga- tion Satellite System	4 Apr 14

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