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USA-88 also known as GPS IIA-9 GPS II-18 and GPS SVN-22 was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System. It was the ninth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched.USA-88 was launched at 02:55:00 UTC on 3 February 1993 atop a Delta II carrier rocket flight number D218 flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. The launch took place from Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and placed USA-88 into a transfer orbit.
