Satellites/GSAT0226 (GALILEO 31)

GSAT0226 (GALILEO 31)

Satellite · InternationalActive

NORAD Number

61183

COSPAR ID

2024-167B

Launched

2024-09-17

site code AFETR

Orbit

MEO

Constellation

Galileo

Who

Owner / operatorEU Agency for the Space Programme

ManufacturerOHB (Orbital Hochtechnologie Bremen System GmbH)

CountryInternational

Catalogue owner codeESA

Orbit

OrbitingEarth

Orbit classMEO

Perigee23,221 km

Apogee23,224 km

Inclination55.15°

Period844.7 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 06:31:59

Mean motion1.70473489 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0000417

Inclination55.1455°

Right ascension of node217.3449°

Argument of perigee243.0981°

Mean anomaly298.8836°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch1,332

Mean elements (OMM) for the SGP4 model, refreshed every 6 hours. They describe the orbit at the epoch shown and drift as time passes, fastest for low orbits.

Source: CelesTrak satellite catalogue and GP data (celestrak.org); owner and manufacturer from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).