Galileo
NORAD ID: 28922
Int'l Code: 2005-051A
Perigee: 23,331.8 km
Apogee: 23,369.9 km
Inclination: 56.3 °
Period: 849.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 29721 km
Launch date: December 28, 2005
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Comments: GIOVE-A (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element) is a an European (ESA) navigational satellite. The 600 kg satellite was launched by a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from Baikonur at 05:19 UT on 28 December 2005. It is the first member of a planned fleet of 30 Galileo satellites to operate independent of the American GPS and the Russian GLONASS fleets, though quite compatible with either
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28922U 05051A 13143.36883117 .00000061 00000-0 00000+0 0 1003
2 28922 056.3494 119.4639 0006409 352.1438 146.1325 01.69429619 45901
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for GIOVE-A
