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GSAT0216
Navigation satellite in the Galileo constellation. GSAT0216 was launched on December 12, 2017 aboard a Ariane 5ES from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-079BNORAD 43056European Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GalileoSat-20
- Common name
- GSAT0216
- Payload designation
- Galileo FOC FM16
- Other names
- GSAT0216,GNSS 2C6,Zofia
- International designator
- 2017-079B
- NORAD catalog number
- 43056
- GCAT identifier
- S43056
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Galileo
- Owner
- GNSS Agency
- Country
- European Union
- Builder
- OHB (Orbital Hochtechnologie Bremen System GmbH)
- Platform (bus)
- GalileoSat
Launch
- Date
- December 12, 2017 · 18:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-079Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ES
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 23,211 km
- Apogee
- 23,232 km
- Inclination
- 56.95°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 8, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 715 kg
- Dry mass
- 700 kg
- Length
- 2.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 14.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471064 (CC0).