NAVSTAR 73 (USA 260)

Track NAVSTAR 73 (USA 260) now!
NAVSTAR 73 (USA 260) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 40534

Int'l Code: 2015-013A

Perigee: 19,938.7 km

Apogee: 20,441.3 km

Inclination: 53.3 °

Period: 718.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 26561 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: March 25, 2015
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)
PRN: 26

NAVSTAR 73 (USA 260, GPS 2F-9)is the ninth Block 2F spacecraft in the constellation. The Boeing-built satellites feature improved accuracy, enhanced anti-jamming and longer design lives. GPS 2F-9 will replace the GPS 2A-22 satellite originally launched aboard Delta 222 on August 30, 1993. It previously was decommissioned from active service in 2009, hung around in orbit as a spare, then was set usable again in 2011. The satellite was declared unusable in 2013 and decommissioned a second time. It was tested yet again in 2014.

1 40534U 15013A   24325.69313707 -.00000020  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 40534  53.2925 227.9147 0094610  32.1981 328.4355  2.00556178 70742

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC