GPS Operational
NORAD ID: 26690
Int'l Code: 2001-004A
Perigee: 19,768.8 km
Apogee: 20,611.7 km
Inclination: 53.0 °
Period: 718.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 26561 km
Launch date: January 30, 2001
Source: United States (US)
PRN: 18
Comments: NAVSTAR 50 (USA 156) is an American GPS navigational spacecraft that was launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg AFB at 07:55 UT. The two-ton satellite is the 28th member of the "second generation" fleet, four of which (including the latest) being replacements for the older models.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 26690U 01004A 15028.54313205 .00000061 00000-0 00000+0 0 5214
2 26690 053.0172 194.2051 0158676 246.0200 084.1204 02.00553144102558
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NAVSTAR 50 (USA 156)
