NAVSTAR 73 (USA 260)

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NAVSTAR 73 (USA 260) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 40534

Int'l Code: 2015-013A

Perigee: 19,982.2 km

Apogee: 20,396.4 km

Inclination: 53.5 °

Period: 718.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 26560 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   23090.90204394  .00000003  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 40534  53.5403 252.7754 0077971  24.9937 335.3537  2.00564274 58298

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC