Spacecraft information: GAL E11

Launch Details
Launched 20 October 2011
Flight ended
Status Operational
Categories Search & Rescue (SARSAT)
Galileo
Active satellites
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner European Space Agency
NORAD ID 37846
COSPAR ID 2011-060A
Alternative names GALILEO-PFM
GSAT0101
SLOT B5
VS-01
GALILEO IOV-1
THIJS
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 56.973°
Eccentricity 0.00017
RA ascending node 22.681 hr
Argument perigee 73.207°
Mean anomaly 286.819°
Orbital period 844.696 min
Epoch of osculation 13 Aug 2026, 08:00

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 23224.2 km
Mean Altitude 23229.1 km
Peak Altitude 23234.0 km

Launched alongside

GAL E12 FREGAT R/B

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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