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GPS BIIR-5 (NAVSTAR 48)

Orbiting at ~20,000 km twice a day, this Block IIR spacecraft broadcasts the precise timing signals that receivers on the ground use to fix position anywhere on Earth.

Technical specifications

3D model is aproximate

CATEGORY

Navigation

TYPE

Navigation

COUNTRY

United States

OPERATOR

U.S. Space Force

LAUNCH DATE

Jul 16, 2000

LAUNCH SITE

Cape Canaveral

ORBIT CLASS

MEO

ALTITUDE · KM

20,183

ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN

718

INCLINATION · DEG

54.85

APOGEE · KM

20,504

PERIGEE · KM

19,861

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