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GALILEO 18 (26E), 41862

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALILEO 18 (26E), 41862 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

41862, 2016-069D

Orbit

Active

Last TLE update

6 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 6 days ago

0 GALILEO 18 (26E)
1 41862U 16069D   25183.50897644 -.00000016  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 41862  55.2830 110.7690 0003635 310.3725  49.5814  1.70473812 53684

Epoch: 2025-07-02T12:12Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T12:12:55.564Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

6.74813°

Altitude

23,215.5 km

Speed

3.671 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 23m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

31.08429°

Longitude

161.95846°

Altitude

23,234.677 km

Speed

3.669 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

17h 15m 41s

Apparent Declination

21° 08' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:37:38

Azimuth

321.216° NNW

Elevation

-18.687°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

23,232.963 km

Perigee altitude

23,211.443 km

Semi-major axis

29,600.34 km

Eccentricity

0.00036

Inclination

55.283°

RAAN

110.769°

Arg. of periapsis

310.3725°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

49.5814°

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 16 (26C), 41860

GALILEO 17 (26D), 41861

ARIANE 5 R/B, 41863

GALILEO 18 (26E) 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.
504 mins	2025-07-08 22:56:55.719Z	245.756° WSW	2025-07-09 03:50:55.719Z	53.092° ENE	44.594°	2025-07-09 07:20:55.719Z	163.127° S

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