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NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)

NORAD 39166 · Payload · In orbit since 2013

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Launched
2013-05-15 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
1,630 kg
Size
2.5 × 1.8 m · 18 m deployed
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
19,807 × 20,558 km
Inclination
54.5°
Period
717.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0141
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements
Constellation
GPS

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

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