GALILEO 18 (26E)

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GALILEO 18 (26E) is classified as:

Galileo

NORAD ID: 41862

Int'l Code: 2016-069D

Perigee: 23,221.8 km

Apogee: 23,237.1 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 18, GALILEO 17, GALILEO 16, and GALILEO 15 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 41862U 16069D   19260.87362081  .00000011  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 41862  54.6105 169.4424 0002581 292.2431  67.7823  1.70472943 17630

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC