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GSAT0001 (GIOVE-A)

NORAD 28922 · Payload · In orbit since 2005

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Launched
2005-12-28 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
ESA (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
600 kg
Size
1.3 × 1.8 m · 11 m deployed
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
23,287 × 23,424 km
Inclination
58.9°
Period
850.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0023
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.