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USA-117 also known as GPS IIA-16 GPS II-25 and GPS SVN-33 is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the sixteenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched.USA-117 was launched at 00:21:00 UTC on 28 March 1996 atop a Delta II carrier rocket flight number D234 flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. The launch took place from Launch Complex 17B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and placed USA-117 into a transfer orbit.
