GALILEO 12 (269)

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GALILEO 12 (269) is classified as:

Galileo

NORAD ID: 41174

Int'l Code: 2015-079A

Perigee: 23,213.3 km

Apogee: 23,245.6 km

Inclination: 55.0 °

Period: 844.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 29600 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 17, 2015
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

GSAT0209 (GALILEO 12) and GSAT0208 (GALILEO 11) joined Europe's Galileo navigation fleet in orbit together after launch from French Guiana aboard a Soyuz rocket, giving the system a dozen of its planned 30 members. The two satellites, the 11th and 12th spacecraft in the Galileo constellation, were made by OHB of Bremen, Germany, with navigation instrumentation built by Britain's Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. The Galileo satellites will go into Slots C2 and C7.

1 41174U 15079A   20214.90260978 -.00000018 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9999
2 41174 055.0012 160.2291 0005451 310.8399 049.0590 01.70472948028370

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC