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 49.256°
Eccentricity 0.16339
RA ascending node 19.181 hr
Argument perigee 165.953°
Mean anomaly 199.241°
Orbital period 776.197 min
Epoch of osculation 02 Jul 2025, 01:48

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 17035.3 km
Mean Altitude 21606.5 km
Peak Altitude 26177.6 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

GAL E14 FREGAT R/B

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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