GALILEO 12 (269)

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GALILEO 12 (269) is classified as:

Galileo

NORAD ID: 41174

Int'l Code: 2015-079A

Perigee: 23,223.7 km

Apogee: 23,234.8 km

Inclination: 55.5 °

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   24325.36005195  .00000040  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 41174  55.5045 117.0226 0001881 351.7146   8.2571  1.70474419 55579

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC