Spacecraft information: GAL E22

Launch Details
Launched 26 March 2015
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 40545
COSPAR ID 2015-017B
Alternative names GALILEO 8
GSAT0204
SLOT B3
VS-11
GALILEO-FOC FM4
ANASTASIA
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 56.826°
Eccentricity 0.00041
RA ascending node 22.956 hr
Argument perigee 288.316°
Mean anomaly 71.665°
Orbital period 844.696 min
Epoch of osculation 09 Mar 2026, 03:54

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 23216.9 km
Mean Altitude 23229.1 km
Peak Altitude 23241.4 km

Launched alongside

GAL E26 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
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