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GALAXY 31 (G-31)

NORAD 54243· COSPAR 2022-153A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Nov 12, 2022 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galaxy 31 & 32 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 21:29 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Intelsat
Country
Intelsat
Manufacturer
Maxar Technologies
Launched
Nov 12, 2022
Mass
3,300 kg
Apogee
35,801 km
Perigee
35,789 km
Inclination
0.02°
Period
23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GALAXY 31 (G-31) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.4 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35789 × 35801 km
357953580235788May 28Oct 24
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 2022-153 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galaxy 31 & 32).

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