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GSAT0002 (GIOVE-B)

NORAD 32781 · Payload · In orbit since 2008

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Launched
2008-04-26 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
ESA (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
530 kg
Size
2.4 × 1 m · 11 m deployed
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
23,817 × 23,831 km
Inclination
60.0°
Period
870.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
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.