GSAT0202 (GALILEO 6)
NORAD 40129· COSPAR 2014-050B· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Aug 22, 2014 from Soyuz Launch Complex, French Guiana aboard a Soyuz STB Fregat.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 03:17 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
European Union Agency for the Space Programme
Country
European Space Agency
Manufacturer
Surrey Satellite Technology
Launched
Aug 22, 2014
Mass
733 kg
Apogee
26,327 km
Perigee
16,886 km
Inclination
48.81°
Period
12.94 h
Part of the Galileo constellation · this satellite is one of 50
European satellite navigation. ~28 active sats in MEO at ~23,222 km.
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GSAT0202 (GALILEO 6) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.0 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
16886 × 26327 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.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2014-050 (Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02)).
- GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) · 40128
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