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USA-87 also known as GPS IIA-8 GPS II-17 and GPS SVN-29 was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System. It was the eighth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched.USA-87 was launched at 22:16:00 UTC on 18 December 1992 atop a Delta II carrier rocket flight number D217 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-87 into a transfer orbit.
