Satellite · NORAD 23953 · COSPAR 1996-041A
NAVSTAR 38 (USA 126)
- Operator United States Space Force
- Constellation GPS (NAVSTAR)
- Country United States
Altitude now
—
no element set
Velocity
—
Inclination
56.10°
Period
12.7 h
763.1 min
Perigee
21,111km
Apogee
21,458km
orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file.· Metadata updated 43 h ago
Live position
Live position
Live position unavailable — no public orbital element set exists for this object (it may be classified, untracked or too small to catalogue).
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Navigation
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Non-operational [-]
- Radar cross-section
- 5.4 m²
- Constellation membership derived
- GPS (NAVSTAR) via name_pattern
CelesTrak groups
Not listed in any CelesTrak group.
Aliases
- NAVSTAR 38 (USA 126)Celestrak Satcat
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- United States Space Force
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 16 Jul 1996
- COSPAR launch id
- 1996-041
Objects from the same launch · 3
- DELTA 2 DEB26965DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 2 R/B(1)23954Rocket bodyDecayed
- DELTA 2 R/B(2) [PAM-D]23955Rocket bodyDecayed
Change log
History
No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 19 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 23953
- COSPAR / international designator
- 1996-041A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X3JQ0E4G6DBCD6D3DBJJJ
- Canonical slug
- navstar-38-usa-126-23953
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Navigation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.