GAL E24

Launch Details
Launched 10 September 2015
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 40889
COSPAR ID 2015-045A
Alternative names GALILEO 9
GSAT0205
SLOT A8
VS-12
GALILEO-FOC FM5
ALBA
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 55.045°
Eccentricity 0.00033
RA ascending node 15.314 hr
Argument perigee 11.739°
Mean anomaly 348.251°
Orbital period 844.706 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Aug 2025, 22:39

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 23219.7 km
Mean Altitude 23229.4 km
Peak Altitude 23239.1 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

GAL E30 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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