GPS Operational
NORAD ID: 28129
Int'l Code: 2003-058A
Perigee: 19,988.8 km
Apogee: 20,391.1 km
Inclination: 52.9 °
Period: 718.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 26560 km
Launch date: December 21, 2003
Source: United States (US)
PRN: 22
Comments: Navstar 53, also known as USA 175, as GPS 2R-10, and as SVN-47, is an American navigational satellite in the GPS fleet. It was launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFS at 07:50 UT on 21 December 2003. It will replace the aging but still operational GPS 2A-10 craft in Plane-E and Slot-2. The GPS constellation consists of 24 satellites split into six orbital planes with four in each plane, all in circular orbits of altitude 20,200 km, and inclination of 55 degrees. There are also four additional satellites orbiting as reserves
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28129U 03058A 14207.41110095 .00000027 00000-0 00000+0 0 2006
2 28129 052.9141 202.0849 0075738 243.2417 300.4189 02.00557101 77688
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NAVSTAR 53 (USA 175)
