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GPS IIR-9, We have lift off!
A new addition to the GPS constellation and Lewis and Clark dedication held
at Harpers Ferry.
The satellite was successfully positioned in geosynchronous orbit 68 minutes later. The elliptical orbit is 101 nautical miles above Earth at its nearest point and 10,998 nautical miles away at its farthest. This latest addition to the constellation is SVN 45 and will go into the D Plane, Slot 3, where it will share the slot with SVN 17.