GPS Operational
NORAD ID: 26690
Int'l Code: 2001-004A
Perigee: 19,799.2 km
Apogee: 20,578.3 km
Inclination: 53.1 °
Period: 718.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 26559 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 13170.48422000 .00000069 00000-0 00000+0 0 8836
2 26690 053.1264 218.7855 0146666 240.1041 281.4926 02.00570163 90772
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NAVSTAR 50 (USA 156)
