Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)

Giove A

Success Roscosmos, Soyuz-FG Fregat

About this launch

GSTB-v2A (Galileo System Test Bed v2A) will provide the first Galileo navigation signal from space, measure the radiation environment in the proposed Galileo orbit and assist with international radio regulation issues.

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
Launch window and padBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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Rocket and boosterSoyuz-FG Fregat
MissionNavigation · Direct-GEO

Navigation · Direct-GEO

What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
GSAT0001 (GIOVE-A) 2005-051A Payload 23291 × 23420 km · 58.9° Globe
FREGAT R/B 2005-051B Rocket body 23388 × 23483 km · 59.0° Globe

COSPAR ID 2005-051. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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