▁man eu vers ." ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁it ▁would ▁approach , ▁investigate , ▁and ▁photograph ▁other ▁space craft ▁in ▁Earth ▁orbit . ▁It ▁would ▁help ▁test ▁the ▁feas ibility ▁of ▁in - space ▁ins pection ▁and ▁repair . ▁The ▁space craft ▁was ▁also ▁designed ▁to ▁test ▁systems ▁that ▁would ▁allow ▁the ▁space craft ▁to ▁man eu ver ▁autonom ously . ▁ ▁USA - 1 6 5 ▁was ▁built ▁by ▁Lock he ed ▁Martin ▁and ▁we ighed ▁ 1 2 5   kg ▁with ▁an ▁excess ▁of ▁ 6 0 0   m / s ▁delta - v . ▁ ▁USA - 1 6 5 ▁was ▁launched ▁into ▁Low ▁Earth ▁Or bit ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁on ▁a ▁Min ota ur ▁ro cket ▁and ▁remained ▁in ▁its ▁primary ▁orbit ▁for ▁over ▁eigh teen ▁months , ▁but ▁then ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁it ▁was ▁man eu ver ed ▁into ▁a ▁dispos al ▁orbit ▁and ▁lost ▁to ▁satellite ▁spot ters . ▁USA - 1 6 5 ▁was ▁later ▁redis cover ed ▁by ▁amateur ▁satellite ▁watch er ▁Kevin ▁F etter . ▁The ▁satellite ▁re - enter ed ▁the ▁atmosphere ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁NASA ▁G RA IL ▁space craft ▁design ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁X SS - 1 1 ▁design . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁▁ ▁Mi T Ex ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Space . com ▁News ▁X SS - 1 1 ▁micro ▁satellite ▁L OST