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GalileoSat-9
Navigation satellite in the Galileo constellation. GalileoSat-9 was launched on September 11, 2015 aboard a Soyuz-ST-B from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-045ANORAD 40889European Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GalileoSat-9
- Payload designation
- Galileo FOC FM05
- Other names
- GSAT0205,GNSS 205,Alba
- International designator
- 2015-045A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40889
- GCAT identifier
- S40889
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Galileo
- Owner
- GNSS Agency
- Country
- European Union
- Builder
- OHB (Orbital Hochtechnologie Bremen System GmbH)
- Platform (bus)
- GalileoSat
Launch
- Date
- September 11, 2015 · 02:08 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-045Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-ST-B
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELS
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 23,211 km
- Apogee
- 23,233 km
- Inclination
- 57.38°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 8, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 733 kg
- Dry mass
- 660 kg
- Length
- 2.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 14.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q26263016 (CC0).