GALAXY 36 (G-36)

NORAD 54742· COSPAR 2022-170B· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 13, 2022 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA+.

Ariane 5 ECA+ | Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 11:55 UTC

Orbit class

GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)

Operator

Intelsat

Country

Intelsat

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 13, 2022

Mass

—

Apogee

35,803 km

Perigee

35,786 km

Inclination

0.02°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GALAXY 36 (G-36) across 104 days of archived orbital elements (106 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.1 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

35786 × 35803 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

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-170 (Ariane 5 ECA+ | Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1).

GALAXY 35 (G-35) · 54741
METEOSAT-12 (MTG-I1) · 54743

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