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 57.041°
Eccentricity 0.00038
RA ascending node 23.039 hr
Argument perigee 339.625°
Mean anomaly 20.354°
Orbital period 844.696 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Jan 2026, 01:37

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 23218.0 km
Mean Altitude 23229.1 km
Peak Altitude 23240.3 km

Launched alongside

GAL E12 FREGAT R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PST

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