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GSAT0211 (GALILEO 14)
European Navigation Satellite (Galileo) · ESA / European Commission
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GSAT0211 (Galileo 14), launched May 2016, continues expanding Europe's Full Operational Capability Galileo constellation. Each satellite added incrementally strengthens Galileo's independence from GPS — the entire point of the multi-billion-euro program being that Europe should never again find its critical infrastructure, from aviation to banking timestamps, dependent on a single foreign-controlled satellite system. Europe's steady two-satellites-per-Soyuz, then four-per-Ariane-5 launch cadence through the mid-2010s reflected a deliberate strategy of proving reliability incrementally rather than rushing the full constellation and risking a repeat of the 2014 Fregat failure.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Medium Earth Orbita high vantage point, ideal for navigation
- Altitude
- 14,427–14,441 mi (23,218–23,241 km)
- Inclination
- 55.1°
- One orbit
- 14.1 hours1.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41549
- Int’l designator
- 2016-030A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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