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GSAT0208 (GALILEO 11)

NORAD 41175· COSPAR 2015-079B· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 17, 2015 from Soyuz Launch Complex, French Guiana aboard a Soyuz STB Fregat.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L6 (FOC FM08-FM09)
Live · TLE epoch 2026-08-31 22:17 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
Dec 17, 2015
Mass
733 kg
Apogee
23,241 km
Perigee
23,218 km
Inclination
55.87°
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 GSAT0208 (GALILEO 11) 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
23218 × 23241 km
232292324523214May 28Sep 9
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 2015-079 (Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L6 (FOC FM08-FM09)).

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