GSAT0205 (GALILEO 9)

GSAT0205 (GALILEO 9) is a navigation operated by European Space Agency, currently in medium Earth orbit near 23,570 km. It completes one orbit of Earth roughly every 860 minutes at an inclination of 54.9°. It was launched in 2015. Track its live position and see when it passes over your location on azmth.

Orbital data

NORAD ID

40889

COSPAR ID

2015-045A

Type

Navigation

Orbit

MEO

Perigee (lowest)

23,570 km

Apogee (highest)

23,609 km

Inclination

54.94°

Orbital period

860 min

Launch year

2015

Operator

European Space Agency

Orbital data from CelesTrak, refreshed every 2 hours. Element epoch: 2026-05-24.

About MEO orbit

Medium Earth Orbit. Between 2,000 and 35,786 km. Home to navigation constellations like GPS (~20,200 km), Galileo, and BeiDou. Orbital period 2 to 24 hours.

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