GPS · Navigation
GPS BIII-10 (PRN 13)
OperationalNavigationMEO
Broadcasts precise timing/positioning signals for global navigation (GNSS).
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 21, 2026 at 06:53 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- GPS III SV10
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 20,237 km
- Periapsis
- 20,126 km
- Inclination
- 54.96°
- Orbital period
- 717.96 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- U.S. Space Force
- Launch mass
- 2,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2026-087A
- NORAD catalog №
- 68791
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- GPS
- Status
- Operational
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