GIOVE-A

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NORAD ID: 28922

Int'l Code: 2005-051A

Perigee: 23,294.1 km

Apogee: 23,431.0 km

Inclination: 58.9 °

Period: 850.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 29733 km

RCS: 6.3096 m² (large)

Launch date: December 28, 2005
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

GIOVE-A (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element) is a an European (ESA) navigational satellite. The 600 kg satellite was launched by a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from Baikonur at 05:19 UT on 28 December 2005. It is the first member of a planned fleet of 30 Galileo satellites to operate independent of the American GPS and the Russian GLONASS fleets, though quite compatible with either

1 28922U 05051A   24324.66705762 -.00000097  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 28922  58.8726   9.1764 0023022 143.8814 220.4173  1.69329538116986

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC