GIOVE-A

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NORAD ID: 28922
Int'l Code: 2005-051A
Perigee: 23,295.8 km
Apogee: 23,429.3 km
Inclination: 58.9 °
Period: 850.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 29733 km
RCS: 6.3096 m² (large)
Launch date: December 28, 2005
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

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

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1 28922U 05051A   26165.02865155 -.00000071  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 28922  58.9249 354.6053 0022446 144.2184  37.7436  1.69329320126655

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC