GPS Operational
NORAD ID: 26690
Int'l Code: 2001-004A
Perigee: 19,773.2 km
Apogee: 20,606.5 km
Inclination: 53.0 °
Period: 718.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 26560 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 14209.30692094 .00000029 00000-0 00000+0 0 3137
2 26690 053.0407 201.9042 0156875 244.5383 261.6806 02.00558008 98850
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NAVSTAR 50 (USA 156)
