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Satellite · NORAD 40890 · COSPAR 2015-045B

GSAT0206 (GALILEO 10)

ActivePayloadMEONavigation derived

Altitude now

23,231.7km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.67km/s

Inclination

54.93°

Period

14.1 h

844.7 min

Perigee

23,215km

Apogee

23,230km

orbit agingOrbit updated 28 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 02:21 UTC (19.2 h old)· Metadata updated 28 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 GSAT0206 (GALILEO 10)GSAT0206 (GALILEO 10)
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Latitude
37.719° N
Longitude
51.625° E
Altitude
23231.7 km
Velocity
3.669 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 02:21 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Navigation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
8.9 m²
Constellation membership derived
Galileo via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • GSAT0206 (GALILEO 10)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

SATCAT owner code
ESA · European Space Agency
Country

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
11 Sept 2015
COSPAR launch id
2015-045

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodeESACelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassMEOCelestrak11 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 25 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 28 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

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
40890
COSPAR / international designator
2015-045B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKHBN
Canonical slug
gsat0206-galileo-10-40890

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.