GALILEO 15 (267)

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GALILEO 15 (267) is classified as:

Galileo

NORAD ID: 41859

Int'l Code: 2016-069A

Perigee: 23,212.1 km

Apogee: 23,246.7 km

Inclination: 54.6 °

Period: 844.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 29600 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 17, 2016
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

GALILEO 15, GALILEO 16, GALILEO 17, and GALILEO 18 joined Europe's Galileo navigation fleet in orbit together, launched by a Ariane 5 rocket. The four satellites, built in Germany with navigation payloads from Britain, arrived in an orbit about 14,200 miles (22,900 kilometers) above Earth around three-and-a-half hours after blastoff from French Guiana. The Galileo network will have 18 satellites once the new additions enter service next year after several months of tests and verifications, but the 14 craft already in space should be enough for the European Commission to offer initial navigation services by the end of the year.

1 41859U 16069A   18227.21628331 +.00000013 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9999
2 41859 054.5852 180.5343 0005845 287.7590 072.1366 01.70473059010756

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC