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Satellite · NORAD 40128 · COSPAR 2014-050A

GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5)

InactivePayloadMEONavigation derived

Altitude now

17,209.2km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

4.42km/s

Inclination

48.79°

Period

12.9 h

776.2 min

Perigee

16,884km

Apogee

26,315km

orbit staleOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 06 Sept 2026 19:17 UTC (122.4 h old)· Metadata updated 8 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5)GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5)
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Latitude
16.612° N
Longitude
118.692° E
Altitude
17209.2 km
Velocity
4.422 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 06 Sept 2026 19:17 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Navigation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Backup / standby [B]
Radar cross-section
4.1 m²
Constellation membership derived
Galileo via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)
SATCAT owner code
ESA · European Space Agency
Country
—

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
22 Aug 2014
COSPAR launch id
2014-050
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
StatusACTIVE → INACTIVECelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → ESACelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → MEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 6 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events →

  1. 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

    DecommissionGSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) reported inactive

    SATCAT status changed ? → B.

    confidence 80%

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
40128
COSPAR / international designator
2014-050A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKH96
Canonical slug
gsat0201-galileo-5-40128

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Navigation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.