Operational
Galileo PFM (GSAT0101)
GSAT0101 was the “Proto-Flight Model” that validated the Galileo constellation, Europe's civil-controlled alternative to GPS, now providing global navigation accurate to the metre.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Navigation
TYPE
Navigation
COUNTRY
Europe (EU)
OPERATOR
EUSPA · ESA
LAUNCH DATE
Oct 21, 2011
LAUNCH SITE
Guiana Space Centre
ORBIT CLASS
MEO
ALTITUDE · KM
23,222
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
844.7
INCLINATION · DEG
57
APOGEE · KM
23,231
PERIGEE · KM
23,213
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