Galileo · Navigation
GSAT0206 (GALILEO 10)
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GSAT0206 (GALILEO 10) is a European Space Agency (ESA) navigation satellite, part of the Galileo constellation, launched on September 11, 2015 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 11, 2015 at 02:08 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Soyuz STB Fregat →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Galileo L5 (FOC FM05-FM06)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 23,227 km
- Periapsis
- 23,217 km
- Inclination
- 54.95°
- Orbital period
- 844.7 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Manufacturer
- OHB-System GmbH, SSTL
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 733 kg
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Detailed purpose
- Navigation
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-045B
- NORAD catalog №
- 40890
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Constellation
- Galileo
- Radar cross-section
- 8.8826 m²
- Status
- Operational
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