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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

19 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 (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 19 hours ago

0 GALILEO 12 (269)
1 41174U 15079A   25196.33963348  .00000003  00000-0  00000+0 0  9993
2 41174  55.6227 110.5118 0004655 338.3093  21.6940  1.70473723 59619

Epoch: 2025-07-15T08:09Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T08:09:04.332Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

54.81916°

Altitude

23,209.682 km

Speed

3.671 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 22m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

44.80275°

Longitude

-167.87516°

Altitude

23,238.48 km

Speed

3.669 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 48m 03s

Apparent Declination

45° 48' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:35:00

Azimuth

60.21° ENE

Elevation

75.42°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

23,235.98 km

Perigee altitude

23,208.422 km

Semi-major axis

29,600.338 km

Eccentricity

0.00047

Inclination

55.6227°

RAAN

110.5118°

Arg. of periapsis

338.3093°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

21.694°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.42619 °/min

Orbital period

844.7 mins

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GALILEO 12 (269) Visibility forecast

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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.
207 mins	2025-07-16 02:58:39.130Z	60.298° ENE	2025-07-16 02:58:39.130Z	60.298° ENE	44.064°	2025-07-16 06:25:39.130Z	157.614° S

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