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GSAT0103
European navigation validation satellite in the Galileo constellation. GSAT0103 was launched on October 12, 2012 aboard a Soyuz-ST-B from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2012-055ANORAD 38857European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GalileoSat-3
- Common name
- GSAT0103
- Payload designation
- Galileo IOV FM3
- Other names
- GSAT0103,GNSS 019,David
- International designator
- 2012-055A
- NORAD catalog number
- 38857
- GCAT identifier
- S38857
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Galileo
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- EADS Bremen
- Platform (bus)
- GalileoSat
Launch
- Date
- October 12, 2012 · 18:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-055Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-ST-B
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELS
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 23,215 km
- Apogee
- 23,232 km
- Inclination
- 55.34°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 8, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 700 kg
- Dry mass
- 700 kg
- Length
- 2.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 14.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14083940 (CC0).