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GIOVE-B
Testbed satellite for the Galileo navigation system. GIOVE-B was launched on April 26, 2008 aboard a Soyuz-FG from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2008-020ANORAD 32781European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Giove-B
- Common name
- GIOVE-B
- Payload designation
- Galileo IOV Experiment B
- Other names
- PRN E16/E52
- International designator
- 2008-020A
- NORAD catalog number
- 32781
- GCAT identifier
- S32781
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/591
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Giove
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Thales Alenia Space
- Platform (bus)
- Proteus
Launch
- Date
- April 26, 2008 · 22:16 UTC
- Launch record
- 2008-020Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-FG
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 23,104 km
- Apogee
- 23,244 km
- Inclination
- 55.98°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 2012
- End of operations
- Jul 23, 2012
Size
- Mass
- 530 kg
- Dry mass
- 502 kg
- Length
- 2.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 11.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14914706 (CC0).