GALAXY 16 (G-16)
Launch
Launched on Jun 18, 2006 from Launch Platform Odyssey aboard a Zenit 3SL.
Zenit | Galaxy 16 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 21:35 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jun 18, 2006
Mass
—
Apogee
35,806 km
Perigee
35,783 km
Inclination
0.01°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GALAXY 16 (G-16) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.8 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35784 × 35807 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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