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GALILEO 16 (26C), 41860

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALILEO 16 (26C), 41860 is a payload satellite owned by GNSS Agency (ESA) that was launched on Thu, 17 Nov 2016 UTC via an ARIANE 5ES 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

41860, 2016-069B

Orbit

Active

Last TLE update

3 days ago

Origin

European Space Agency (ESA)

Manufacturer

OHB

Mission

Operational Civil Navigation

Bus & Motor

GALILEOSAT, AOCS

Mass

738 kg wet, 700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-11-17 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ES

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 16 (26C)
1 41860U 16069B   25192.96733562 -.00000006  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 41860  55.2863 110.5066 0003806   0.2331 359.7730  1.70473801 53851

Epoch: 2025-07-11T23:12Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-11T23:12:57.797Z)

Latitude

0.00008°

Longitude

-167.83645°

Altitude

23,211.195 km

Speed

3.671 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 22m 03s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

2.70298°

Longitude

-166.04663°

Altitude

23,210.911 km

Speed

3.671 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 00m 34s

Apparent Declination

-5° 51' 28"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:15:39

Azimuth

236.299° WSW

Elevation

25.936°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

23,233.47 km

Perigee altitude

23,210.938 km

Semi-major axis

29,600.341 km

Eccentricity

0.00038

Inclination

55.2863°

RAAN

110.5066°

Arg. of periapsis

0.2331°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

359.773°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.42618 °/min

Orbital period

844.7 mins

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Other satellites on launch #69 in the year 2016 (2016-11-17 UTC)

GALILEO 15 (267), 41859

GALILEO 17 (26D), 41861

GALILEO 18 (26E), 41862

ARIANE 5 R/B, 41863

GALILEO 16 (26C) 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.
473 mins	2025-07-14 21:44:06.382Z	236.278° WSW	2025-07-15 01:32:06.382Z	17.213° NNE	43.409°	2025-07-15 05:37:06.382Z	146.676° SSE

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