Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Navigation · MEO
The GPS-IIR replenishment satellites are produced by General Electric Astrospace (later Martin Marietta and Lockheed Missiles & Space) under a contract issued in 1989, which included 21 satellites based on the commercial AS-4000 bus. These provided improved navigation accuracy and longer autonomous…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAVSTAR 59 (USA 192) 2006-052A | Payload | 19943 × 20406 km · 54.9° | Globe |
| DELTA 2 R/B(2) [PAM-D] 2006-052B | Rocket body | re-entered 2011-06-21 | |
| DELTA 2 R/B(1) 2006-052C | Rocket body | re-entered 2007-05-06 | |
| DELTA 2 DEB 2006-052D | Debris | re-entered 2014-10-26 |
COSPAR ID 2006-052 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).