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GALILEO 17 (26D), 41861

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALILEO 17 (26D), 41861 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

41861, 2016-069C

Orbit

Active

Last TLE update

4 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 4 days ago

0 GALILEO 17 (26D)
1 41861U 16069C   25185.70958286 -.00000020  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 41861  55.2856 110.7150 0004653 303.1388  56.7993  1.70474403 53593

Epoch: 2025-07-04T17:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-04T17:01:47.959Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-67.69441°

Altitude

23,214.87 km

Speed

3.671 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 22m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-40.92925°

Longitude

149.01695°

Altitude

23,231.542 km

Speed

3.67 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 59m 15s

Apparent Declination

-47° 29' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:42:51

Azimuth

228.49° WSW

Elevation

-25.851°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

23,235.907 km

Perigee altitude

23,208.361 km

Semi-major axis

29,600.271 km

Eccentricity

0.00047

Inclination

55.2856°

RAAN

110.715°

Arg. of periapsis

303.1388°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

56.7993°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.42619 °/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 16 (26C), 41860

GALILEO 18 (26E), 41862

ARIANE 5 R/B, 41863

GALILEO 17 (26D) 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.
472 mins	2025-07-08 18:15:07.792Z	185.697° SSW	2025-07-08 21:34:07.792Z	144.862° SSE	45°	2025-07-09 02:07:07.792Z	95.18° ESE

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