GSAT0222 (GALILEO 26)

NORAD 43565· COSPAR 2018-060B· Navigation· MEO

Launch

Launched on Jul 25, 2018 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ES.

Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L10 (FOC FM19-FM22) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-06 05:35 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

Jul 25, 2018

Mass

733 kg

Apogee

23,243 km

Perigee

23,215 km

Inclination

57.14°

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.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GSAT0222 (GALILEO 26) 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

23215 × 23243 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

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-060 (Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L10 (FOC FM19-FM22)).

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