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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, 7.4 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   25197.12344942  .00000070  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 40889  55.0573 230.8871 0002855  16.1151 343.9621  1.70473652 61280

Epoch: 2025-07-16T02:57Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-16T02:57:46.029Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

-107.747°

Altitude

23,214.364 km

Speed

3.671 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 23m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-40.50229°

Longitude

-144.43909°

Altitude

23,232.939 km

Speed

3.669 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 10m 45s

Apparent Declination

-52° 38' 06"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:05:56

Azimuth

170.23° S

Elevation

-3.612°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

23,230.681 km

Perigee altitude

23,213.779 km

Semi-major axis

29,600.367 km

Eccentricity

0.00029

Inclination

55.0573°

RAAN

230.8871°

Arg. of periapsis

16.1151°

True anomaly

343.95306°

Mean anomaly

343.9621°

Eccentric anomaly

343.95758°

Mean motion

0.42618 °/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.
389 mins	2025-07-19 00:07:21.457Z	162.644° S	2025-07-19 03:09:21.457Z	94.801° ESE	42.717°	2025-07-19 06:36:21.457Z	61.391° ENE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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