GSAT0204 (GALILEO 8)
NORAD 40545· COSPAR 2015-017B· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Mar 27, 2015 from Soyuz Launch Complex, French Guiana aboard a Soyuz STB Fregat.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L4 (FOC FM03-FM04) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-02 07:28 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
Mar 27, 2015
Mass
733 kg
Apogee
23,242 km
Perigee
23,216 km
Inclination
56.76°
Period
14.08 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 GSAT0204 (GALILEO 8) 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
23216 × 23242 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 2015-017 (Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L4 (FOC FM03-FM04)).
- GSAT0203 (GALILEO 7) · 40544
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