GSAT0223 (GALILEO 27)
NORAD 49809· COSPAR 2021-116A· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 5, 2021 from Soyuz Launch Complex, French Guiana aboard a Soyuz STB Fregat.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L11 (FOC FM23-FM24) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 09:15 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 5, 2021
Mass
733 kg
Apogee
23,241 km
Perigee
23,217 km
Inclination
57.13°
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 GSAT0223 (GALILEO 27) 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
23217 × 23241 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 2021-116 (Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L11 (FOC FM23-FM24)).
- GSAT0224 (GALILEO 28) · 49810
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