Spacecraft information: GSAT0002

Launch Details
Launched 25 April 2008
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner European Space Agency
NORAD ID 32781
COSPAR ID 2008-020A
Alternative names GIOVE-B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 59.835°
Eccentricity 0.00049
RA ascending node 2.827 hr
Argument perigee 264.400°
Mean anomaly 95.598°
Orbital period 870.589 min
Epoch of osculation 11 Dec 2025, 18:47

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 23816.3 km
Mean Altitude 23831.0 km
Peak Altitude 23845.7 km

Launched alongside

FREGAT R/B SL-23 DEB

Orbital History

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PST

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