Galileo · Navigation
GSAT0226 (GALILEO 31)
OperationalNavigationMEO
Broadcasts precise timing/positioning signals for global navigation (GNSS).
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 17, 2024 at 07:01 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Angara 1.2 →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Kosmos 2577 & 2578
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 23,231 km
- Periapsis
- 23,214 km
- Inclination
- 55.19°
- Orbital period
- 844.7 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Union (EUSPA)
- Launch mass
- 700 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-167B
- NORAD catalog №
- 61183
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Constellation
- Galileo
- Status
- Operational
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