NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242) 🛰 - GPS BIIF-4, GPS 2F-4, SVN 66, PRN 27, SLOT C2

NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)

39166

Spacetrack Directory Number

2013-05-15

Orbit launches

20191.85 km

Average height

13945.5 km/h

Average velocity

Satellite information NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)

Spacetrack Directory Name	NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)
Alternative name	GPS BIIF-4, GPS 2F-4, SVN 66, PRN 27, SLOT C2
Group	GPS
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Orbit launches	2013-05-15 (13 years ago)
Days in orbit	4811
Country/organisation of origin	USA (US)
Starting point	AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA)
Type	Satellite
Categories
Perigee	19953 km
Apogee	20411 km
Orbit slope (inclination)	54.48°
Laps per day	2
Orbit	MEO (Non-Polar Inclined)
Height NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)	20191.85 km

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Additional information NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)

The NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242), also known as GPS IIF-4, is a navigation satellite operated by AFSMC and manufactured by BOES. It was launched on May 15, 2013, from SLC41 at AFETR using an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle. The satellite has dimensions of 2.5 meters in length and 1.8 meters in diameter with a span of 18 meters due to its solar arrays. It weighs 1630 kilograms at launch, with a dry mass of 1500 kilograms. Equipped with two deployable solar arrays and batteries for power supply, the satellite is configured as 3-Axis stabilized. Its mission, lasting 12 years, involves navigation purposes using its payload GPS SVN 66.

satellite NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242) Date of exalting 15.05.2013y. Average height of ISS NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242) hundred 20191.85 km. Average velocity NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242) is 13945.5 km/h. Inclination NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242) satellite 54.63°.

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TLE (Celestrak, 2026-07-17):

NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)
1 39166U 13023A   26196.60220495 -.00000009  00000+0  00000+0 0  9994
2 39166  54.4824 267.8149 0141388  51.1134 310.2184  2.00563312 96456

OMM (Orbit Mean-Elements Message, 2026-07-17):

{"OBJECT_NAME":"NAVSTAR 68 (USA 242)","OBJECT_ID":"2013-023A","EPOCH":"2026-07-15T14:27:10.507680","MEAN_MOTION":"2.0056331200000002","ECCENTRICITY":"0.0141388","INCLINATION":"54.482399999999998","RA_OF_ASC_NODE":"267.81490000000002","ARG_OF_PERICENTER":"51.113399999999999","MEAN_ANOMALY":"310.21839999999997","EPHEMERIS_TYPE":"0","CLASSIFICATION_TYPE":"U","NORAD_CAT_ID":"39166","ELEMENT_SET_NO":"999","REV_AT_EPOCH":"9645","BSTAR":"0","MEAN_MOTION_DOT":"-8.9999999999999999E-8","MEAN_MOTION_DDOT":"0"}

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