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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
Height 38.10 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 1446 kg
Liftoff Thrust 3981 kN
Diameter 2.44 Meters
Mass To LEO 3981 kg
Liftoff Mass 218 Tonnes
Launch Success 13
Consecutive Success 13
Maiden Flight 1989-02-14
Launch Failures 0
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.