GAL E18

Launch Details
Launched 21 August 2014
Flight ended
Status Backup/Standby
Categories Search & Rescue (SARSAT)
Galileo
Active satellites
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner European Space Agency
NORAD ID 40128
COSPAR ID 2014-050A
Alternative names GALILEO 5
GSAT0201
SLOT EXT1
VS-09
GALILEO-FOC FM1
DORESA
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 49.200°
Eccentricity 0.16381
RA ascending node 19.041 hr
Argument perigee 167.990°
Mean anomaly 196.483°
Orbital period 776.198 min
Epoch of osculation 22 Aug 2025, 19:38

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 17023.4 km
Mean Altitude 21606.5 km
Peak Altitude 26189.5 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

GAL E14 FREGAT R/B

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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