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GSAT0203 (GALILEO 7)
European Navigation Satellite (Galileo) · ESA / European Commission
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GSAT0203 (Galileo 7), launched March 2015, is part of Europe's Full Operational Capability build-out — the phase that took Galileo from proof-of-concept toward its planned 30-satellite global constellation. Each new FOC satellite added measurably improved the system's global availability, the percentage of time a receiver anywhere on Earth can see enough Galileo satellites simultaneously to calculate a position. Each Full Operational Capability satellite added through 2015 and 2016 brought Galileo closer to a milestone with real economic weight: the European Commission estimated Galileo-enabled applications would eventually support tens of billions of euros in annual economic activity across transport, agriculture, and telecommunications.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Medium Earth Orbita high vantage point, ideal for navigation
- Altitude
- 14,424–14,443 mi (23,214–23,244 km)
- Inclination
- 56.7°
- One orbit
- 14.1 hours1.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40544
- Int’l designator
- 2015-017A
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.
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