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Satellite · NORAD 41860 · COSPAR 2016-069B

GSAT0212 (GALILEO 16)

ActivePayloadMEONavigation derived

Altitude now

23,241.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.67km/s

Inclination

55.55°

Period

14.1 h

844.7 min

Perigee

23,210km

Apogee

23,234km

orbit agingOrbit updated 21 h ago · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 05:46 UTC (39.8 h old)· Metadata updated 21 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 GSAT0212 (GALILEO 16)GSAT0212 (GALILEO 16)
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Latitude
46.704° S
Longitude
97.311° E
Altitude
23241.1 km
Velocity
3.669 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 05:46 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • GSAT0212 (GALILEO 16)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
17 Nov 2016
COSPAR launch id
2016-069
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Objects from the same launch · 4

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
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 19 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 21 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
41860
COSPAR / international designator
2016-069B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTGZ6
Canonical slug
gsat0212-galileo-16-41860

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.