GPS Operational
NORAD ID: 27663
Int'l Code: 2003-005A
Perigee: 19,978.0 km
Apogee: 20,402.0 km
Inclination: 56.7 °
Period: 718.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 26560 km
Launch date: January 29, 2003
Source: United States (US)
PRN: 16
Comments: Navstar 51 (also known as USA 166, and as GPS 2R-8) is the latest to join the American (DoD) fleet of Global Positioning Satellites. It was launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 18:06 UT on January 29 2003. The fleet is operating in full capacity with 24 spacecraft (in six planes, with four satellites in each). GPS 2R-8 will replace the aging GPS 2A-18, which will be shifted away in its Plane-B and then retired.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 27663U 03005A 15027.23677508 -.00000057 00000-0 00000+0 0 9537
2 27663 056.7112 018.8107 0079801 011.6716 190.7963 02.00556409 87887
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NAVSTAR 51 (USA 166)
