● ORBIT ING-NOW

GSAT0103

NORAD 38857 · COSPAR 2012-055A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #8725 @ 23218 x 23227 km x 55.8936 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-26 20:54 UTC · 31.4 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// onowactive
GSAT0103 (GALILEO-FM3)
1 38857U 12055A 26299.87118627 .00000056 00000-0 00000-0 0 09993
2 38857 55.8936 97.9310 0001475 290.9927 68.9914 1.70473269087251
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
October 12th 2012
Spacecraft age
14 years
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
European Space Agency (ESA)
Purpose
Navigation/Global Positioning
Orbit class
MEO · Non-Polar Inclined
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-Fregat
Contractor
EADS Astrium
Launch mass
700 kg
Power
1,420.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
55.8936°
Period
844.71 min
Perigee
23218 km
Apogee
23227 km
Eccentricity
0.0001475
RAAN
97.931°
Arg of Perigee
290.9927°
Mean Motion
1.70473269 rev/d