GSAT0217 (GALILEO 21)

GSAT0217 (GALILEO 21) is a navigation operated by European Space Agency, currently in medium Earth orbit near 23,219 km. It completes one orbit of Earth roughly every 845 minutes at an inclination of 55.1°. It was launched in 2017. Track its live position and see when it passes over your location on azmth.

Orbital data

NORAD ID

43057

COSPAR ID

2017-079C

Type

Navigation

Orbit

MEO

Perigee (lowest)

23,219 km

Apogee (highest)

23,240 km

Inclination

55.07°

Orbital period

845 min

Launch year

2017

Operator

European Space Agency

Orbital data from CelesTrak, refreshed every 2 hours. Element epoch: 2026-06-05.

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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