Spacecraft information: GAL E9

Launch Details
Launched 16 December 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 41174
COSPAR ID 2015-079A
Alternative names GALILEO 12
GSAT0209
SLOT C2
VS-13
GALILEO-FOC FM9
LIENE
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 55.858°
Eccentricity 0.00044
RA ascending node 6.656 hr
Argument perigee 5.771°
Mean anomaly 354.301°
Orbital period 844.705 min
Epoch of osculation 08 Aug 2026, 05:52

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 23216.5 km
Mean Altitude 23229.4 km
Peak Altitude 23242.2 km

Launched alongside

GAL E8 FREGAT R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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