Galileo
NORAD ID: 28922
Int'l Code: 2005-051A
Perigee: 23,317.3 km
Apogee: 23,373.6 km
Inclination: 56.1°
Period: 849.7 min
Semi major axis: 29,716.5 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 10244.85449262 .00000009 00000-0 10000-3 0 7244
2 28922 056.1081 145.7758 0009468 356.9356 003.2058 01.69475575 29050
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