GALILEO 16 (26C)

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GALILEO 16 (26C) is classified as:

Galileo

NORAD ID: 41860

Int'l Code: 2016-069B

Perigee: 23,223.5 km

Apogee: 23,235.0 km

Inclination: 55.2 °

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 16, GALILEO 15, 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 41860U 16069B   25024.03164111 -.00000015  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 41860  55.1954 115.1890 0001941 335.5880  24.4164  1.70474947 50977

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC