Spacecraft information: GAL E12

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 37847
COSPAR ID 2011-060B
Alternative names GALILEO-FM2
GSAT0102
SLOT B6
VS-01
GALILEO IOV-2
NATALIA
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 57.008°
Eccentricity 0.00040
RA ascending node 22.838 hr
Argument perigee 10.043°
Mean anomaly 328.908°
Orbital period 844.695 min
Epoch of osculation 18 May 2026, 09:51

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 23217.2 km
Mean Altitude 23229.1 km
Peak Altitude 23241.0 km

Launched alongside

GAL E11 FREGAT R/B

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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