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GALILEO 12 (269), 41174

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALILEO 12 (269), 41174 is a payload satellite owned by GNSS Agency (ESA) that was launched on Thu, 17 Dec 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

41174, 2015-079A

Orbit

Active

Last TLE update

23 hours 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)

2015-12-17 (9 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 23 hours ago

0 GALILEO 12 (269)
1 41174U 15079A   25128.29572394  .00000051  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 41174  55.5888 112.3785 0005619 319.3927  40.5538  1.70474256 57878

Epoch: 2025-05-08T07:05Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T07:05:50.548Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

139.53077°

Altitude

23,209.796 km

Speed

3.671 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 29m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-37.54085°

Longitude

-8.74863°

Altitude

23,235.143 km

Speed

3.669 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 17m 30s

Apparent Declination

-40° 45' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:13:24

Azimuth

111.082° ESE

Elevation

-45.918°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

23,238.773 km

Perigee altitude

23,205.508 km

Semi-major axis

29,600.277 km

Eccentricity

0.0005619

Inclination

55.5888°

RAAN

112.3785°

Arg. of periapsis

319.3927°

True anomaly

40.59569°

Mean anomaly

40.5538°

Eccentric anomaly

40.57474°

Mean motion

0.42619 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

844.7 mins

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GALILEO 12 (269) 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.
345 mins	2025-05-10 00:19:38.097Z	211.198° SW	2025-05-10 04:18:38.097Z	338.512° N	43.469°	2025-05-10 06:04:38.097Z	67.686° E

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