NAVIGATION · NORAD 24876
A Global Positioning System satellite in medium Earth orbit (~20,200 km). The GPS constellation of ~31 satellites provides the positioning and timing signals that underpin navigation, finance, and communications worldwide.
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Watch GPS on the live 3D globe →Opens the interactive Space Junk View globe and flies the camera to GPS BIIR-2 (PRN 13) in real time.
Space Junk View renders all 31,328 cataloged objects in Earth orbit — active satellites, dead satellites, spent rocket bodies and debris — and propagates every one of them live in your browser from the public CelesTrak element sets. GPS BIIR-2 (PRN 13) is one of the notable objects you can lock onto and follow as it circles the planet.
See everything in orbit — satellites, rocket bodies and debris →