GALILEO 17 (26D)

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GALILEO 17 (26D) is classified as:

Galileo

NORAD ID: 41861

Int'l Code: 2016-069C

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

GALILEO 17, GALILEO 16, GALILEO 15, 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 41861U 16069C   26251.84779498  .00000021  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 41861  55.5520  98.7726 0002168 331.3762  28.7083  1.70474341 60943

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC