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 2026-09-08 01:33 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

35,800 km

Perigee

35,789 km

Inclination

0.01°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GALAXY 31 (G-31) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.2 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

35789 × 35800 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 2022-153 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galaxy 31 & 32).

GALAXY 32 (G-32) · 54244

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