GSAT0206 (GALILEO 10)
NORAD 40890· COSPAR 2015-045B· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 11, 2015 from Soyuz Launch Complex, French Guiana aboard a Soyuz STB Fregat.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L5 (FOC FM05-FM06) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-06 09:44 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
Sep 11, 2015
Mass
733 kg
Apogee
23,237 km
Perigee
23,222 km
Inclination
54.93°
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 GSAT0206 (GALILEO 10) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
23222 × 23237 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 2015-045 (Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L5 (FOC FM05-FM06)).
- GSAT0205 (GALILEO 9) · 40889
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