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GALILEO 9 (205), 40889

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALILEO 9 (205), 40889 is a payload satellite owned by GNSS Agency (ESA) that was launched on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 UTC via a SOYUZ-ST-B launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

40889, 2015-045A

Orbit

Active

Last TLE update

3 days ago

Origin

European Space Agency (ESA)

Manufacturer

OHB

Mission

Operational Civil Navigation

Bus & Motor

GALILEOSAT, AOCS

Mass

733 kg wet, 660 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-09-11 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-ST-B

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 14.71 m

Radar Cross Section

9.223 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 3 days ago

0 GALILEO 9 (205)
1 40889U 15045A   25184.21862388  .00000040  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 40889  55.0606 231.2439 0002755  14.5477 345.5379  1.70473942 61060

Epoch: 2025-07-03T05:14Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T05:14:49.103Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-128.93573°

Altitude

23,214.553 km

Speed

3.671 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 25m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-38.32264°

Longitude

84.4662°

Altitude

23,241.747 km

Speed

3.668 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 50m 13s

Apparent Declination

-45° 13' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:27:14

Azimuth

229.915° WSW

Elevation

-23.671°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

23,230.351 km

Perigee altitude

23,214.041 km

Semi-major axis

29,600.333 km

Eccentricity

0.00028

Inclination

55.0606°

RAAN

231.2439°

Arg. of periapsis

14.5477°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

345.5379°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.42619 °/min

Orbital period

844.7 mins

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GALILEO 9 (205) Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
464 mins	2025-07-06 02:18:02.308Z	183.659° SSW	2025-07-06 05:37:02.308Z	105.065° ESE	44.971°	2025-07-06 10:02:02.308Z	91.224° ESE

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